La Cabale
KERMESSE
Winner of the T13 Prize (jury award and audience award), 2023 Directing Festival.
The world is in crisis, and we were born into it. It’s up to us to change it, it’s obvious… And what if we started with a caterpillar?
“The caterpillar is a dance where people who don’t know each other, take each other by the shoulders, look in the same direction, and become one community.” – La Cabale
Doing the caterpillar all together on an evening of performance. The project is simple, yet this seemingly trivial festive ritual triggers powerful reactions: rejection, pleasure, euphoria. For some, it even touches on tradition. Using the caterpillar as a starting point, the La Cabale collective questions our relationship with ridicule and shame, turning this dance into a political, sociological, and ecological subject.
KERMESSE could be a social experiment. Would we be capable of initiating a national reconciliation through a dance? And what if, to save the world, we needed to start by saving ourselves?
The caterpillar is a dance where people who don't know each other, take each other by the shoulders, look in the same direction, and become one community.
Company presentation
Established in 2018, the collective La Cabale, composed of 9 actors, pursues the path of contemporary and distinctive theater. All having met at the Cours Florent, they created their first show, PAN, while continuing their respective training in various national schools. Upon their graduation, they came together for their first collective writing endeavor: KERMESSE. Improvisation lies at the heart of their creative process. Using the stage as an outlet, comedy, the collective's flagship, serves as their means to address contemporary issues.
Distribution
Text Collectif La Cabale
Direction Collectif La Cabale
With Marine Barbarit, Lola Blanchard, Alix Corre, Margaux Francioli, Akrem Hamdi, Aymeric Haumont, Charles Mathorez, Thomas Rio, Rony Wolff
Lighting Design François Leneveu, Pacôme Boisselier
Choreography Mathilde Krempp
Lighting Technician Pacôme Boisselier
Sound TechnicianVinciane Pleuchot
Photography Dennis Mader
Production - Diffusion
Production La Cabale
Executive Production Théâtre 13
Distribution Le Bureau des paroles
Press Relation AlterMachine
In the press
Your contacts in Avignon (pro only)
DIFFUSION Alice Léonard-Pons
06 29 84 25 95 / alice.leonardpons@lebureaudesparoles.fr
DIFFUSION Emilie Audren
02 99 12 55 10 / contact@lebureaudesparoles.fr
PRESSE Elisabeth Le Coënt
06 10 77 20 25 / contact@altermachine.fr
20:20 > 23:00shuttle ride included
From July 04 to July 21
Relâche les 10 & 17
For ages 10 and up
Spectacle 20:45 > 22:15
À partir de 10 ans
Tarif Plein : 22,50€
Tarif Off : 16€
Tarif Pro : 10€