"A Bergman Affair" is a composite theater show.

The script is based on the novel Private Conversations, written by Bergman, and the entire production is made up of multiple forms of artistic expression: drama, dance, puppetry, and video.

The story centers on a middle-aged woman in her forties, and how she navigates her way through life, maintaining relationships with her godfather, her husband, and her lover.

Anna, one of Bergman's most iconic heroines. Anna, a woman trapped and lost in her own life with three children, a husband who is no longer in love, and a soul imprisoned by religion. Thomas, a young student and Anna's lover. The man who made Anna succumb to her desires. It is these entanglements of theirs that spark the story between these four people, i.e.: "Private Talk" (original Swedish title: " Séances Individuelles"). Anna, in the play, confesses to her godfather, her husband, before actually having sex with Thomas. However, the verbal violence, the anxiety and panic, the freedom and bondage that come back to her become merely those emotional catharsis in the characters' conversations, and all is in vain ......

Production Team

Directed by Serge NICOLAï

Actor, director, film director and choreographer 

In 2005, he was awarded the Molière Grand Prix de Molière for his collective work "The Last Stagecoach" by Cirque du Soleil in France.

Has been assisting Mnushkin as an executive director on Yariana Mnushkin's movies。

As an actor he has been working with Irina Brooke (Peter Brooke's daughter), Ariana Mnushkin, Robert Lepage;

He has also been invited several times as an actor to the UNESCO International Theater Day. He also teaches acting at the State Conservatory in Krakow, as well as in Blanchisa; he is the Artistic Director of l'ARIA Theater Education Association in France.

As an expert in theater and performance education, he has been invited to the Alliance Française all over the world, and as a spokesman for contemporary French culture, he has given master classes in the performing arts in Brazil, Chile, Spain, Portugal and other countries. Currently, Mr. Sai and Mr. Ri have been invited by Shanghai University to hold their first master class in March 2020 in Mainland China.

CASTS

Olivia Corsini as Anna

Born in Modena, Italy, she graduated from the Accademia Nazionale della Perfetti Paolo Grassi in Milan, Italy.
As an actress she has collaborated with artists such as Tina Nielsen, Juliane Nistanczak, and for two years she worked in an international team directed by Enrique Vargas, the Spanish director of Columbia.
From 2000 to 2014, she worked for Mnushkin's Cirque du Soleil. She was the lead actress in Cirque du Soleil's collective productions of The Last Station, A Dream of Life, and Unfinished Business. On the film front, she has appeared as the first female lead in a number of works by directors such as Mnushkin and Tonilo di Bernardi.The 2014 production of Petra Costa's film, Olmo and the Seagull, co-starred Olivia as well as Sai and Day. In the same year, she was also the female lead in Romeo Castellucci's American Democracy.

Steve Székely as Henrique

A French playwright, he has been acting since 1989 in a wide variety of plays, both classic and contemporary. In the last three years, he has played the only leading role in Molière's comedy Don Juan (as Don Juan) directed by Karine Ledeurwaerder, and in Jules Roman's Knockout, among others.

Andrea Romano as Toma

Graduated from the Accademia Nazionale della Perfetti Paolo Grassi in Milan, Italy, and studied at the École Supérieure de Théâtre in Paris. He has been honored and praised by various directors at various international theater exhibitions.