13November2025
Theatre show: Kermesse
The Thursday 13 November at 20 a.m30
Théâtre et Cinéma Le Bordeau 18 rue de Genève 01630 Saint-Genis-Pouilly
The world is in crisis, and we were born into it. It's up to us to change it, that's obvious… How about we start with a caterpillar?
‘The caterpillar is a dance where people who don't know each other link arms, look in the same direction and become one.’ Kermesse
Doing the caterpillar together on performance night. The project is simple, yet this festive ritual, seemingly innocuous, provokes powerful reactions: rejection, pleasure, euphoria. For some, it even touches on tradition. With the conga line as its starting point, the collective La Cabale questions our relationship with ridicule and shame and turns this dance into a political, sociological and ecological subject.
KERMESSE could be a social experiment. Would we be capable of initiating national reconciliation through dance? What if, in order to save the world, we had to start by saving ourselves?
Show Winner of the Théâtre13 2023 award (Jury and Audience)
PRESS
‘Kermesse is a resounding jackpot in its own right. Discovering it at a time marked by a tragic geopolitical context gives it added value: cultivating humour and lightness at all costs and, through this, relearning how to build community. […] An unforgettable memory for the audience, to be cherished on sad days…’ SCENEWEB
‘Using the stage as an outlet, these young people tackle the issues of our time through the grotesque, the collective’s forte. It’s invigorating…’
LES TROIS COUPS Léna Martinelli
Cast:
– Text: La Cabale collective
– Direction: La Cabale collective
– Cast: 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
– Sound engineering: Nils Glachant-Morin or Vinciane Pleuchot
Doing the caterpillar together on performance night. The project is simple, yet this festive ritual, seemingly innocuous, provokes powerful reactions: rejection, pleasure, euphoria. For some, it even touches on tradition. With the conga line as its starting point, the collective La Cabale questions our relationship with ridicule and shame and turns this dance into a political, sociological and ecological subject.
KERMESSE could be a social experiment. Would we be capable of initiating national reconciliation through dance? What if, in order to save the world, we had to start by saving ourselves?
Show Winner of the Théâtre13 2023 award (Jury and Audience)
PRESS
‘Kermesse is a resounding jackpot in its own right. Discovering it at a time marked by a tragic geopolitical context gives it added value: cultivating humour and lightness at all costs and, through this, relearning how to build community. […] An unforgettable memory for the audience, to be cherished on sad days…’ SCENEWEB
‘Using the stage as an outlet, these young people tackle the issues of our time through the grotesque, the collective’s forte. It’s invigorating…’
LES TROIS COUPS Léna Martinelli
Cast:
– Text: La Cabale collective
– Direction: La Cabale collective
– Cast: 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
– Sound engineering: Nils Glachant-Morin or Vinciane Pleuchot
All dates and times
| Opening hours on 13 November 2025 | |
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| Thursday | Open from 08:30 pm to 10:00 pm |
