Schedule of events - Comédie, CDN de Reims

At a red light in a big city, a four-wheel drive comes to a stop. At the wheel, a lady offers her help to the young pregnant woman who seems to be waiting there for an unknown reason. Aristide Tarnagda, an author, actor, and director from Burkina Faso, portrays an African youth with a sequestered destiny, locked in a continental night that drags on and on. Here, he gives voice to a young woman from the street, allowing her to tell her own story, her refusal of the destiny traced for her by her family, just like the aid that keeps her helpless. On a spartan set, Ramatou Ouedraogo, a young actress from the Récréâtrales “Le quartier” troupe, gives expression to this voice full of life, desire, and hope for the future, despite the threatening August sky above her, where storm clouds gather.

There are African emigrants in Europe, those that we talk about often (or rather too much) in the homeland. Those who leave Burkina for the Ivory Coast, for example, or even more so, those who leave the countryside for the city. It is with all of these migrants in mind that Aristide Tarnagda wrote this play. The work is also a reference to the man, about to become a father, presented in a previous work. Written as a kind of extension of that first text, Et si je les tuais tous madame? is the voice of a man on the brink of madness: he cannot return to where he came from, empty-handed. The torrential flow of his thoughts, bear witness to his internal torment, and is brought to life on a bare stage by B. Ange Alfred Ilboudo, a young actor from “Le quartier” troupe of Les Récréâtrales.

Young men and women between twenty and thirty years of age from all over the world, who attempt to bring about change, fighting for the environment, minority groups, women, and freedom… Aurélie Charon and Caroline Gillet met them for a documentary series created for France Inter and France Culture and invite them here to tell their stories on stage. From Algiers, Moscow, Teheran, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Beirut, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Casablanca, New Delhi, Bombay, Dakar, and France, these young people share their stories and hopes in this theatrical radio programme, punctuated by live music sessions and drawings created on the spot by Amélie Bonnin. A very welcome breath of positive real-life energy!

If you thought you were a culture buff, this show is likely to have you doubting your capabilities. Half Trivial Pursuit, half Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Killjoy Quiz certainly shows that we don’t really know what we think we know. In a televised quiz, hosted by Brazilian performer Luanda Casella, the latter plays the role of a killjoy or spoilsport, determined to dampen the often artificial fervour of this type of programme. By attacking the power of words and questions influenced by limiting ideologies, as well as the cult of happiness and success that colonizes our TV sets, this play challenges the lure of culture and our entertainment society. A caustic and subversive performance, inspired by the manifesto of Australian academic Sara Ahmed, it cleverly merges climate and gender issues.

At a red light in a big city, a four-wheel drive comes to a stop. At the wheel, a lady offers her help to the young pregnant woman who seems to be waiting there for an unknown reason. Aristide Tarnagda, an author, actor, and director from Burkina Faso, portrays an African youth with a sequestered destiny, locked in a continental night that drags on and on. Here, he gives voice to a young woman from the street, allowing her to tell her own story, her refusal of the destiny traced for her by her family, just like the aid that keeps her helpless. On a spartan set, Ramatou Ouedraogo, a young actress from the Récréâtrales “Le quartier” troupe, gives expression to this voice full of life, desire, and hope for the future, despite the threatening August sky above her, where storm clouds gather.

There are African emigrants in Europe, those that we talk about often (or rather too much) in the homeland. Those who leave Burkina for the Ivory Coast, for example, or even more so, those who leave the countryside for the city. It is with all of these migrants in mind that Aristide Tarnagda wrote this play. The work is also a reference to the man, about to become a father, presented in a previous work. Written as a kind of extension of that first text, Et si je les tuais tous madame? is the voice of a man on the brink of madness: he cannot return to where he came from, empty-handed. The torrential flow of his thoughts, bear witness to his internal torment, and is brought to life on a bare stage by B. Ange Alfred Ilboudo, a young actor from “Le quartier” troupe of Les Récréâtrales.

Young men and women between twenty and thirty years of age from all over the world, who attempt to bring about change, fighting for the environment, minority groups, women, and freedom… Aurélie Charon and Caroline Gillet met them for a documentary series created for France Inter and France Culture and invite them here to tell their stories on stage. From Algiers, Moscow, Teheran, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Beirut, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Casablanca, New Delhi, Bombay, Dakar, and France, these young people share their stories and hopes in this theatrical radio programme, punctuated by live music sessions and drawings created on the spot by Amélie Bonnin. A very welcome breath of positive real-life energy!

If you thought you were a culture buff, this show is likely to have you doubting your capabilities. Half Trivial Pursuit, half Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Killjoy Quiz certainly shows that we don’t really know what we think we know. In a televised quiz, hosted by Brazilian performer Luanda Casella, the latter plays the role of a killjoy or spoilsport, determined to dampen the often artificial fervour of this type of programme. By attacking the power of words and questions influenced by limiting ideologies, as well as the cult of happiness and success that colonizes our TV sets, this play challenges the lure of culture and our entertainment society. A caustic and subversive performance, inspired by the manifesto of Australian academic Sara Ahmed, it cleverly merges climate and gender issues.