THE STORY - My name is Emmanuelle, and I was born at the dawn of the 90s. In my childhood books, little girls sometimes had bad encounters. A threatening figure would emerge from a dark alley. He always wore a hat and a beige raincoat. So how could I have been wary when a family friend invited me to dance, all smiles, one wedding evening?

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This is the starting point of a story that is not particularly sordid but sadly commonplace.

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Imperméable is an investigation, the narrative of a coming-to-awareness, a desire to break the silence. I reflect on the influence of my upbringing, popular culture, and society in the denial of the twenty years that followed my assault. So I started from the beginning. The event of "the assault" serves as the central point of the narrative, which recurs constantly, with back-and-forths between the past and the present. Using photos, anecdotes, and texts from feminist thinkers, I retrace the path that led me to that evening in June 2002.

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The writing of Imperméable was born from a double necessity. The first is very personal and therapeutic, akin to what is called in psychoanalysis "a process of sublimation." The second is a desire for transmission.

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The performance will serve as a tool for questioning the injunction to coupledom and heterosexuality, as well as the culture of rape. It is a fact: the voice has been liberated; now it is about knowing how to receive it and what to do with it, to evolve together towards a different future. By entering these feminist themes through the lens of an intimate and non-fictional narrative, I hope to create a space for simple and sincere reflection.

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Emmanuelle Bertrand.

THE ARTISTIC TEAM

Concept and Direction - Camille Daloz
Writing and Performance - Emmanuelle Bertrand

Sound Universe and Performance - Töfie
Scenography and Lighting - Christophe Mazet

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DURATION - 1 hour (for ages 14 and up)

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PRODUCTION - Le Cri Dévot

CO-PRODUCTION - Scène de Bayssan, partner company, and the City of Alenya.

PARTNERS - LE CENTQUATRE - Paris, Le Kiasma, La Baignoire, the City of Montpellier, Occit’Avenir (DRAC/REGION), Théâtre du Grand Rond, Magdalena Project Festival Montpellier 2023, Théâtre du Hangar - ENSAD, Vaisseau Mère, residency support at La Maison des Chœurs and the Bishopric by the City of Montpellier, Lycée F. Fabre de Bédarieux, the Grand Orb Community of Communes, ENAP (National School of Penitentiary Administration).

SUPPORTERS - City of Montpellier, Occitanie Region, DRAC Occitanie.

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Can be perform in non-dedicated spaces.