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Élise Chatauret

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Cast in progress

Combining documentary investigation and theatrical fiction, writer-director Élise Chatauret invites the audience to share the daily life of a French hamlet, with its thirty inhabitants. How can we convey a world that is in danger of disappearing? How can we […]

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Bertolt Brecht

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Claudia Stavisky

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Philippe Torreton Et Gabin Bastard, Frédéric Borie, Alexandre Carrière, Maxime Coggio, Guy-Pierre Couleau, Matthias Distefano, Nanou Garcia, Michel Hermon, Benjamin Jungers, Marie Torreton

In Life of Galileo, Bertolt Brecht describes a world which spirals into confusion when the established order collapses. Claudia Stavisky directs the troupe in this large-scale production. It could have been a day like any other, but on this particular […]

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Magali Mougel

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Simon Delétang

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Marion Couzinié, Simon Delétang, Françoise Lervy, Charles-Antoine Sanchez et la voix d’Eliot Hénault-Fillion

A housewife leads an ordinary life for years with husband and children. Until everything cracks… Suzy Storck examines the feminine condition with sharpness and lucidity. Her name is Suzy Storck. Married Hans Vassili Kreuz, a man who just kissed her […]

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Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux, Sandrine Heyraud

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Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux, Christine Heyraud

Dimanche is a play jointly written by artists from the Belgian theatre companies Focus and Chaliwaté, which features the use of objects, mime and puppets. It is a burlesque and original portrait of mankind in the face of a climate […]

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Ivan Viripaev

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Ambre Kahan

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Yorick Adjal, Blade AliMBaye, Jean Aloïs Belbachir, Julie Bouriche, Jean-Baptiste Cognet, Monica Budde, Lucile Delzenne, Olivier Dupuy, Florent Favier, Magali Genoud, Laurent Meininger, Charlotte Ravinet, Tristan Rothhut, Laurent Sauvage, Laure Werckmann

Ivan Viripaev is the living Russian playwright most often performed in French theatres. His lucid and direct style of writing illuminates this choral work on the imbalances of our time. There are fourteen people on stage, unable to stand up […]

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Camille Bernon, Simon Bourgade

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Camille Bernon, Pauline Bolcatto, Pauline Briand, Baptiste Chabauty, Mathieu Metral

Interweaving mythological figures, 17th century theatre and an event from the 1990s, Change Me explores the issue of transidentity. Staged as a thriller, the play draws the audience into a teenage party that ends in tragedy. As recounted by Ovid […]

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Edmond Rostand

Direction

Jean Liermier

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Pierre Banderet, Aude Bourrier, Candice Chauvin, Boris Degex, Julien George, Sabrina Martin, Baptiste Morisod, Ludovic Payet, Yann Philipona, Gilles Privat, Lola Riccaboni, André Schmidt, Raphaël Vachoux

Accompanied by Gilles Privat, Jean Liermier takes audiences back to the turn of the 20th century with a funny and tender Cyrano set in the Belle Époque. “A kiss, how would you define a kiss? An oath taken very close […]

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Alexander Zeldin

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Waj Ali, Anna Calder-Marshall, Luke Clarke, Janet Etuk, Nick Holder, Hind Swareldahab (distribution en cours)

Show postponed to next season The first of Alexander Zeldin’s plays to be staged in France, Love highlights the precarious lives of the most disadvantaged in our society, in an intense portrayal of real lives. Alexander Zeldin believes that theatre […]

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Thierry Jolivet

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Thierry Jolivet

Thierry Jolivet depicts the life of Vincent Van Gogh through the eyes of postman Joseph Roulin. Based on the novel by Pierre Michon, the show combines theatre, music and video. Joseph Roulin was Van Gogh’s model during the time the […]

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Yann Verburgh

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Eugen Jebeleanu

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Ioana Bugarin, Nicholas Catianis, Clémence Laboureau, Radouan Leflahi, Ilinca Manolache, Claire Puygrenier

When will we be ready to shift our borders? Jointly written by Eugen Jebeleanu and Yann Verburgh, Itinéraires, un jour le monde changera [Routes, one day the world will change] brings together Romanian and French actors to paint a sensitive […]

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Tony Kushner

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Catherine Marnas

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Simon Delgrange, Vincent Dissez, Annabelle Garcia, Tonin Palazzotto, Julie Papin, Agnès Pontier, Sophie Richelieu, Yacine Sif El Islam, Bénédicte Simon

Catherine Marnas directs a troupe of young performers in this highly political play in which the present day is set against the darkest pages of the past. “At times it feels as if Brecht has been rewritten by Tennessee Williams…” […]

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Sara Llorca, Omar Youssef Souleimane, Guillaume Clayssen

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Sara Llorca

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Sarah Llorca, Elie Youssef, Raymond Hosny, Thomas Poitevin

La Terre se révolte [The Earth Revolts] is a joint project by director Sara Llorca and the Syrian poet – and refugee in France – Omar Youssef Souleimane, which combines theatre and dance to question the theme of otherness. The […]

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Cyril Teste

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Vincent Berger, Olivia Corsini, Katia Ferreira, Mathias Labelle, Liza Lapert, Xavier Maly, Pierre Timaitre, Gérald Weingand

For his new “film performance”, director Cyril Teste is staging a free adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s La Mouette [The Seagull]. The creation combines theatre and cinema, getting as close as possible to the actors’ bodies, energy and emotions. Trigorin, a […]

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Les Transformateurs

Direction

Nicolas Ramond

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Anne De Boissy et Jean-Philippe Salério

In 2019, Anne de Boissy and Jean-Philippe Salério were awarded the first Prix Célest’1 for their performance in Ça marchera jamais. They are now back at Les Célestins with this jubilant take on the paths to failure. And to success. […]

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Christoph Marthaler

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Tora Augestad, Bendix Dethleffsen, Michael Von Der Heide, Nikola Weisse

A key figure in European theatre, Christoph Marthaler comes to Lyon for the first time with King Size, a vibrant mix of zany, musical and melancholic comedy. King Size immerses the audience in the ostentatious decor of a bourgeois vaudeville, […]

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Jean-Christophe Hembert

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David Ayala, Bruno Bayeux, Jean-Alexandre Blanchet, Jacques Chambon, Caroline Cons, Thomas Cousseau, Aurélia Dury, Eddy Letexier, Véronique Sacri, Vincent Schmitt, Loïc Varraut

Jean-Christophe Hembert is known for his role in television and film as Karadoc de Vannes in Kaamelot. Returning to the theatre, he is now directing a flamboyant adaptation of Captain Fracasse. In his novel Captain Fracasse, Théophile Gautier takes us […]

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Dario Fo

Direction

Claude Mathieu

Performed by

Guillaume Gallienne

With joy and avidity, Guillaume Gallienne returns to the one-man-show Francis, the Holy Jester directed by his stage mentor, Claude Mathieu. This is the story of Saint Francis of Assisi, as portrayed by the political and facetious pen of Dario […]

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Alfred

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Molière

Direction

Jérôme Deschamps

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Flore Babled (en alternance), Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Sébastien Boudrot, Vincent Debost, Jérôme Deschamps, Pauline Deshons, Aurélien Gabrielli, Elsa Guedj (en alternance), Guillaume Laloux, Josiane Stoleru, Pauline Tricot

The creator of the French comedy TV series “Les Deschiens” brings The Bourgeois Gentleman to the stage. Accompanied by the Musiciens du Louvre, he takes on the role of Monsieur Jourdain, directing a zany and dreamlike comedy ballet. Monsieur Jourdain […]

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Marivaux

Direction

Thomas Jolly

Performed by

Romain Brosseau, Rémi Dessenoix, Charlotte Ravinet, Clémence Solignac, Romain Tamisier, Ophélie Trichard

Played repeatedly since it was created in 2007, Thomas Jolly’s successful first show now comes to Les Célestins. This is a sparkling version of Marivaux’s play in which the juvenile impulses of love shine through. Written following Marivaux’s 1720 encounter […]

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Laurent Ziserman

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Magali Bonat, Benoît Martin, Savannah Rol, Laurent Ziserman

ANA, standing for À nos amours, the famous film by Maurice Pialat, now brought to the stage by actor and director Laurent Ziserman. An intense and physical family huis-clos and winner of the Prix Célest’1 2019 – Maquettes prize. Father, […]

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David Clavel

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Maël Besnard, David Clavel, Emmanuelle Devos, Valérie De Dietrich, Daniel Martin, Anne Suarez

Portraying the twists and turns of a family reunion, L’Heure bleue [The Blue Hour] depicts the burden of memories, silences and misunderstandings. At the heart of this tragedy of things left unsaid lies a formidable cast of actors and the […]

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Johanny Bert

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Johanny Bert, Anthony Diaz avec les musiciens Guillaume Bongiraud, Cyrille Froger

From the imagination of director and puppeteer Johanny Bert, Hen offers audiences a joyful and provocative evening, cross-referencing 1930s Berlin cabarets and the contemporary queer scene. Hen has a wide range of facial and bodily expressions. Glamorous and virile, raw […]

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Mohamed El Khatib

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en alternance Aaron, Amélie, Camille, Éloria, Ihsen, Imran, Maëlla, Malick, Solal, Swann

Schoolchildren whose parents have separated give their views on marital conflicts. They talk to us directly or through videos and what they say is often funny. A “fiction about reality” by Mohamed El Khatib, written by children, rather than for […]

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Fabrizio Cassol, Tcha Limberger

Direction

Lisaboa Houbrechts

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le violoniste et chanteur Tcha Limberger, la danseuse Shantala Shivalingappa, les chanteurs Claron Mcfadden, Nicola Wemyss, Jonatan Alvarado, les instrumentistes Philippe Thuriot, Georgi Dobrev, Vilmos Csikos, Ezgi Elkirmis

Inspired by Monteverdi’s madrigals and the nomadic songs of Tcha Limberger, I Silenti paints a picture of love, war and exile. Directed by Lisaboa Houbrechts, the rising star of Flemish theatre, this journey takes audiences into the timeless depths of […]

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Alexis Armengol

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Nelly Pulicani, Romain Tiriakian, Shih Han Shaw

A young orphan is about to tell a tale that pursues her, that acts on her like a mirror, when she lets herself be caught up in her past. Show aimed at all audiences, Vilain! mixes the arts and speaks […]

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Angélica Liddell

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Angélica Liddell, Gumersindo Puche, Niño De Elche, Ichiro Sugae et une vingtaine de participants

For the first time in Lyon, Angélica Liddell presents Una costilla sobre la mesa: Madre (A rib on the table: Mother). A punch show in which the great Spanish artist displays all her exuberance. A singular artist if ever there […]

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Marion Aubert

Direction

Julien Rocha

Performed by

Margaux Desailly, Fabrice Gaillard, Johanna Nizard et Cédric Veschambre

Through winks to the life and filmography of Patrick Dewaere, four actors retrace the path of a man in movement, in search, in struggle. And draw a fictionalized vision of the untroubled beings that we are: on the border of […]

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Simon Abkarian

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Simon Abkarian, Maral Abkarian, Chouchane Agoudjian, Anaïs Ancel, Maud Brethenoux, Laurent Clauwaert, Victor Fradet, Aurore Frémont, Christina Galstian Agoudjian, Rafaela Jirkovsky, Nathalie Le Boucher, Eliot Maurel, Olivier Mansard, Nedjma Merahi, Manon Pélissier, Annie Rumani, Catherine Schaub Abkarian, Suzana Thomaz, Frédérique Voruz et les musiciens Howlin’jaws (Djivan Abkarian, Lucas Humbert, Baptiste Léon)

Premiered in 2019 at the Théâtre du Soleil, this is a contemporary vision of the Electra myth that takes us deep into the underworld. A world in which music, song and dance uphold the tradition of a profoundly popular form […]

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Mathilda May

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Pierre Richard

Directed by Mathilda May, the unforgettable protagonist of the Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire [The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe] opens the doors to a mute world that sways to and forth between dreams and the absurd. […]

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Raphaël Defour

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Pauline Laurendeau, Clara Lespine, Bérengère Sigoure, Cécilia Steiner, Lisa Torres

Rescheduled to 2021 following cancellation of the performances in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Five actresses question the archaic and contemporary figures of witches, in a poetic escapade combining writings, documentary, autofiction and song. The five actresses brought […]

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Naomi Wallace

Direction

René Loyon

Performed by

distribution en cours

Considered one of the great living authors of American theatre, Naomi Wallace takes an uncompromising look at her country’s shortcomings. Her play And I and Silence forcefully and beautifully denounces the brutality of social conditioning. “There is a singular tone […]

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Kirill Serebrennikov

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Odin Lund Biron, Alexey Bychkov, Yang Ge, Gueorgui Koudrenko, Nikita Kukushkin, Julia Loboda, Daniil Orlov, Andrey Petrouchenkov, Andrey Poliakov, Evgeny Romantsov, Anastassia Radkova, Evgeny Sangadzhiev, Igor Sharoïko

Outside was one of the highlights of the 2019 Avignon Festival, in which Kirill Serebrennikov pays tribute to the Chinese photographer Ren Hang through theatre, music and dance. Considered one of the most gifted artists of his generation, Ren Hang […]

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Marc Lainé

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Alain Eloy, Émilie Franco, Thomas Gonzalez, Léopoldine Hummel, François Praud, François Sauveur, Olivier Werner et la participation de Farid Laroussi

Mixing different genres, registers and emotions, Nosztalgia Express juxtaposes intimate fiction with a broader historical narrative. Set in Paris and Budapest, this cavalcade of a play is filled with humour and twists. At dawn on November 4, 1956, Soviet tanks […]

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Ingmar Bergman

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Dorian Rossel, Delphine Lanza

Performed by

Fabien Coquil, Delphine Lanza, Ilya Levin

Delphine Lanza and Dorian Rossel adapt Ingmar Bergman’s inner world to the stage, creating a captivating dive into the depths of the imagination. Bergman is one of the most celebrated names in cinema, an introspective filmmaker who, at the end […]

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Igor Mendjisky

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Raphaèle Bouchard, Pierre Hiessler, Igor Mendjisky, Hortense Monsaingeon, Thibault Perrenoud, Juliette Poissonnier, Esther Van Den Driessche, Jean-Paul Wenzel, Yuriy Zavalnyouk

Author, director and actor Igor Mendjisky has created a fictional tale inspired by the incredible life of his father, a painter and formidable crook. A lively reflection on creation, emancipation, lies and heritage… A 35-year-old filmmaker named Ilia loses his […]

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William Shakespeare, Ray Bradbury, George Steiner, Joseph Brodsky

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Tiago Rodrigues

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Tiago Rodrigues

In just a few years, Tiago Rodrigues has become one of the most prominent artists on the European scene. Combining poetry, confidences and politics, he invites audiences to share the actor’s process and erases the boundaries between reality, theatre and […]

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Gurshad Shaheman

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Gurshad Shaheman

Iranian-born artist Gurshad Shaheman invites us to an immersive and ambulatory experience in three parts. An overwhelming self-fictional spectacle: at the edge of theater, installation and performance. He was born in Iran, where he grew up with his father, during […]

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Raphaël Patout

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Pierre-François Doireau, Josée Drevon, Damien Houssier, Elisabeth Hölzle, Pauline Huruguen

Rallying around an apprentice architect, a community of citizens launches into a new city project… Where the world of ideas converges with the practical world, the Lyon-based company La Chambre Noire invites us to reconsider, with humour, how we live […]

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Laurent Mauvignier

Direction

Arnaud Meunier

Performed by

Anne Brochet, Romain Fauroux*, Ambre Febvre*, Philippe Torreton, Fred Ulysse

Arnaud Meunier stages All my love, by Laurent Mauvignier. A metaphysical thriller in which Anne Brochet and Philippe Torreton embody a couple facing an enigmatic reality… The world of Laurent Mauvignier gives life to characters who are trying to overcome […]

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Hugues Duchêne

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Pénélope Avril en alternance avec Juliette Damy, Vanessa Bile-Audouard, Théo Comby-Lemaître, Hugues Duchêne, Marianna Granci, Laurent Robert, Gabriel Tur en alternance avec Robin Goupil

The young members of the Royal Velours Company first met as student actors at the Comédie-Française. In this documented theatrical serial, they analyse the Macron years with deliberate impertinence. The stage is empty, except for a piano, a few chairs […]

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Pierre Guillois

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Jean-Michel Fournereau, Magali Léger ou Marie Oppert, Charlotte Marquardt, Quentin Moriot, Élodie Pont, Pierre Samuel et les musiciens Matthieu Benigno (percussions), Nicolas Ducloux (clavier), Chloé Ducray ou Claire Galo-Place (harpe), Gabrielle Godart (clavier), Nicolas Crosse (contrebasse) (distribution en cours)

Two women, two men, a robot and a hen are on their way to the Red Planet to become its first settlers… A space musical “made in France”, Mars-2037 brings mankind’s greatest dream to life. 12 June 2037. After many […]

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Hugues Duchêne

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Pénélope Avril en alternance avec Juliette Damy, Vanessa Bile-Audouard, Théo Comby-Lemaître, Hugues Duchêne, Marianna Granci, Laurent Robert, Gabriel Tur en alternance avec Robin Goupil

The young members of the Royal Velours Company first met as student actors at the Comédie-Française. In this documented theatrical serial, they analyse the Macron years with deliberate impertinence. The stage is empty, except for a piano, a few chairs […]

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Hugues Duchêne

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Pénélope Avril en alternance avec Juliette Damy, Vanessa Bile-Audouard, Théo Comby-Lemaître, Hugues Duchêne, Marianna Granci, Laurent Robert, Gabriel Tur en alternance avec Robin Goupil

The young members of the Royal Velours Company first met as student actors at the Comédie-Française. In this documented theatrical serial, they analyse the Macron years with deliberate impertinence. The stage is empty, except for a piano, a few chairs […]

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James Thierrée

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James Thierrée, Ching-Ying Chien, Camille Constantin, Mathias Durand, Hélène Escriva, Steeve Eton, Noémie Ettlin, Damien Fleau, Maxime Fleau, Myrtille Hetzel, Nora Horvath, Magnus Jakobsson, Kwang Suk Park « Issue »

Purify, exalt, share … For his new creation, James Thierrée wishes to renew the relationship that unites him to the public. With an unbridled musical ensemble, he presents ROOM, a trip of drawers all in excess in his extraordinary universe. […]

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Emmanuèle Bernheim

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Fabien Gorgeart, Clotilde Hesme, Pascal Sangla

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Clotilde Hesme, Pascal Sangla

The actress Clotilde Hesme, the musician Pascal Sangla and the filmmaker Fabien Gorgeart take on a short story by Emmanuèle Bernheim. The story of a young woman who, after watching a Sylvester Stallone film, decides to change her life. One […]

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