Support for creation

The Festival supports creation. It provides long-term support to artists and companies at national and international level, through financial supportand/or residencies for research and creation.

Companies supported in 2016-2017

  • 2016-2017

Yaël Rasooly & Nuku Theater – Israël & Estonie

“Bon voyage”
A paper and cardboard puppet adaptation of several short stories by Israeli writer and director Etgar Keret.

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  • 2016-2017

Magali Chouinard – Québec

“Âme Nomade”
Through a series of poetic images, ÂME NOMADE evokes the tensions, impulses and emotions that the character has with his multiple doubles in his inner quest.

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© Marc Mesplie
  • 2016-2017

Cie CRÉATURE / Lou BROQUIN – France

“Héritages”
Heirs of humanity, heirs of our culture, heirs of our family, we begin our lives laden with baggage. How then can we become masters of what we are?

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  • 2016-2017

Théâtre de la Mezzanine – France

“Don Quichotte”
This time the company is inspired by Don Quixote to plunge the spectator into Denis Chabroullet’s unique universe where the stage design, always impressive, amplifies the impact of the images.

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© Claire Leroux
  • 2016-2017

Plexus Polaire/Yngvild Aspeli – France/Norvège

“Chambre Noire”
A look at today’s society through the portrait of a woman, Valerie Solanas, writer and researcher, feminist and prostitute, a strong and fragile, ambivalent and paradoxical personality.

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© David Schaffer
  • 2016-2017

Théâtre du mouvement – France

“Aeterna”
On stage, a mother and daughter bring together several disciplines: dance, music, puppetry… From ritual to ritual, they travel today in the undefined space-time of memory.

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  • 2016-2017

Cie La Pendue – France

“Hamlet mania”
Romuald Collinet returns with a new solo of the glove puppets he is known for.

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© Alice Piemme
  • 2016-2017

Gare Centrale/Agnès Limbos – Belgique

“Axe”
Compagnie Fil rouge du Festival
A couple of decadent plutocrats, clinging to their privileges like misery to the world, are exhausted in keeping themselves upright while everything decays around them…

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  • 2016-2017

TJP CDN Alsace Strasbourg/Renaud Herbin – France

“Milieu”
A man enters an enclosed space, a large cylinder, and then tries to escape. Like a Samuel Beckett story, Milieu depicts a situation that is both funny and metaphysical.
Renaud Herbin will also present his latest creation “Wax”.

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© Marinette Delanné
  • 2016-2017

Theater Meschugge/Ilka Schönbein – Allemagne

“Ricdin Ricdon”
Inspired by a fairy tale, Ilka Schönbein’s latest creation once again promises laughter and tears.

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