Propelled into a space-time journey, a mysterious explorer traverses the inner worlds of an entire generation of adolescents. What are the dreams, fantasies, and rumblings of these elusive beings? Extending its creative work around the work of Annie Ernaux, the artistic team met and collected the words of dozens of young people from France, Quebec, and Europe from 2018 to 2022. The performance offers a sensitive insight into the labyrinth of today’s youth’s thoughts. A journey through adolescence carried by a phantasmagoric audiovisual universe.
The show is available on tour with english subtitles.
Behind ordinary situations, #generation(s) addresses profound themes: love, friendship, sexuality, the fear of the unknown, relationships with parents, isolation, budding desire, the future, the loss of a loved one, the construction of memory... All closely linked to current social issues: freedom of speech, consent, pandemic, climate change... Through this polymorphic writing, adolescence is represented in all its complexity, with its obstacles, discomforts, first experiences, doubts, and fantasies. #generation(s) invites every young person to feel less alone and every adult to reconnect with their own adolescence, buried or forgotten.
SEASON 24/25
November 18-19, 2024 - Théâtre de la Maison du Peuple, Millau
November 20-22, 2024 - NOVADO Festival, Théâtre des 2 Points, Rodez
February 5, 2025 - L'Escale, Tournefeuille
March 25, 2025 - Théâtre des Cordeliers, Annonay en Scène, Annonay
March 27-28, 2025 - Théâtre Joliette - Assitej International Meetings
April 29, 2025 - L'Astrolabe, Figeac
THE ARTISTIC TEAM
Directed by Camille Daloz & Alexandre Cafarelli
Playwright & Concept by Alexandre Cafarelli, Camille Daloz, Bastien Molines
With Bastien Molines (performance) & Allister Sinclair (live sound creation)
Lighting and Video by Paolo Sclar & Christophe Mazet
Scenography by Sophie Thomas & Etienne Begue (mother ship)
Artistic Collaboration by Jérémy Cateland & Emmanuelle Bertrand
Production and Distribution by Léna von Braun & Margaux Decaudin
DURATION - 1 hour (for ages 12 and up)
Awarded by BE SpectACTive! A large-scale European cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
PRODUCTION - Le Cri Dévot, a company supported by the Occitanie Region.
CO-PRODUCTION - Le Parvis National Scene of Tarbes - Pyrénées, SNA National Scene of Albi, Les Scènes Croisées de Lozère, a nationally recognized company for the art in the territory, Le Kiasma City of Castelnau-le-Lez, Printemps des Comédiens (Warm Up) Montpellier.
PARTNERSHIP - Occitanie en Scène, agency for the development of live arts in Occitanie, as part of the European project Be SpectACTive 2!* led by Kilowatt Festival (Italy), Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival (Sweden), International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (Slovakia), Théâtre du Grand-Rond in Toulouse, Derrière le Hublot, a nationally recognized company for the art in the territory in Capdenac, Le Périscope, a nationally recognized venue for art and creation in Nîmes, L’Albarède, CC of the Cévennes Gangeoise and Suménoise in Ganges, Mélando, participatory street theater in situ in Notre Dame de Londres, and L’Atelline, a public space activation venue in Juvignac.
SUPPORT - DRAC Occitanie, City of Montpellier, SPEDIDAM. Théâtre des 13 vents CDN de Montpellier, La Bulle Bleue artistic factory.
PARTICIPATORY SECTION IN PERFORMANCE "FLASH!"
A first part written and performed by teenagers.
The company relies on the meeting and creation protocol it developed during the European project to carry out, in 5 days of workshops and rehearsals, shared and ephemeral creations that place the voices of young people at the forefront. The young participants experiment with both writing and acting, revealing with courage and sincerity their intimate questions and perspectives on the world around them.
FLASH! can be performed in non-dedicated venues and as the first part of #GENERATION(S).