Casting
| Position | Name | Role |
| Auteur / Author | Hélène CIXOUS | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Serge NICOLAI | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Myriam AZENCOT | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Martial JACQUES | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Sava LOLOV | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Renata RAMOS-MAZA | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Sergio CANTO-SABIDO | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Vincent MANGADO | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Nicolas SOTNIKOFF | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Jean-Charles MARICOT | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Juliana CARNEIRO DA CUNHA | |
| Comédien(ne) / Actor(-ess) | Duccio BELLUGI-VANNUCCINI | |
| Compositeur / Composer | Jean-Jacques LEMETRE | |
| Costumes | Marie-Hélène BOUVET | |
| Costumes | Nathalie THOMAS | |
| Décorateur / Sets | Guy Claude FRANCOIS | |
| Direction musicale / Conductor | Jean-Jacques LEMETRE | |
| Dramaturgie | THEATRE DU SOLEIL | |
| Mise en scène / Stage Director | Ariane MNOUCHKINE |
Co Producers and Broadcasters (TV, cinema, Video)
CNDP
Line producer
Anne TARDIEU
In a new production, Ariane Mnouchkine brings Hélène Cixous’ story “Drums on the Dike” to the stage.
Inspired by the floods which have wreaked such terrible damage in China in recent years, “Drums on the Dike” tells what happens when warning is given, in the year 1000, of a terrible flood in the kingdom of Lord Khang… The story is set in a fictional Asian country which combines elements of Japanese, Chinese and Korean culture. Floods, a metaphor for war, are ravaging the country. To calm the raging of the swollen waters, some flood-defences will have to be breached. But whose safety is most important, that of peasants or city folk, the poor or the rich?
“Drums on the Dike” presents a tragic dilemma, in which the threat of disaster looms over mankind. Ariane Mnouchkine displays her usual genius for staging, in an extraordinary production reminiscent of the blend of song, religious ceremony and traditional legends found in Japanese Noh theatre
