With the Judicial Youth Protection

In autumn, some young people from the Alpes-Vaucluse Youth Judicial Protection set down their bags at La FabricA for a total immersion benefiting from the same conditions as a professional artists' residence. They work on a comic strip chosen by the Alpes-Vaucluse Youth Judicial Protection. 

These young people and their educators are surrounded by members of the Primesautier Théâtre company, Julie Minck, Antoine Wellens and Virgile Simon. A week of writing, theatrical practice and technical awareness.

The week ends with a performance in front of a hundred or so spectators, followed by a time of exchange with the public.

For a week, several young people under the care of the Protection judiciaire de la jeunesse (PJJ) Alpes-Vaucluse, along with their educators and psychologists, will be working with Julie Minck, Antoine Wellens and Virgile Simon, performers and directors from the Primesautier Théâtre company. Based on the comic strip La Fantaisie des dieux, Rwanda 1994 by Hippolyte and Patrick de Saint Exupéry, they are staging a play combining documentation and fiction. Through the eyes of Patrick de Saint Exupéry, a journalist, and discussions with Kala Neza, a witness to the genocide, and Lionel Boulat, head of priority public partnerships at the Camp des Milles. A unique experience of life and creation. A week in professional conditions, conducive to the development of the word, at the FabricA of the Festival d'Avignon, where everyone living here was able to work and live. A project of the Protection judiciaire de la jeunesse Alpes-Vaucluse and the Festival d'Avignon with the Primesautier Théâtre.

With the support of the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the Préfecture de Vaucluse as part of its urban policy and the Mission de veille et d'information.

With the support of Patrick de Saint Exupéry, Kala Neza, Lionel Boulat from Camp des milles and the VOLT association through image and sound.

With thanks to Éditions Les Arènes.

Young people from Avignon, Carpentras and Orange took part in the work based on the comic book L'Odyssée d'Hakim by Fabien Toulmé © éditions Delcourt, which they all directed. A play between documentation and fiction on the theme of exile. They benefited from the experience of photojournalist Louis Witter, who has documented the evacuation of migrant camps near Calais. 

A professional videographer from the association VOLT L'image par le son made a documentary on this week and creation which was screened after the performance.

With the support of the Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the Préfecture de Vaucluse in the framework of the Politique de la Ville and the Mission nationale de veille et d'information

Young people from Avignon, Montfavet and Carpentras took part in a project based on Robert Badinter's fight and its adaptation into a comic strip L'abolition, le combat de Robert Badinter (NE), by Marie Bardiaux-Vaïente and Malo Kerfriden © Editions Glénat, 2021.

With the Primesautier Théâtre company, they tackled the subject of the death penalty and immersed themselves in history. They discovered the thoughts of Victor Hugo and Albert Camus, without whom, as Robert Badinter wrote: "this fight would not have had the same emotional strength or the same moral intensity".

With the support of the Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de la Région Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the Préfecture de Vaucluse in the framework of the City Policy and the Mission de veille et d'information. With the support of Ceméa, Amnesty International and Canopé Thanks to Glénat Éditions, Editions Gallimard and the Camus estate