This series of readings is an opportunity for Festival audiences and World Radio listeners to discover new works. These six texts are in fact ‘fresh writings’, most of them unpublished and never performed in Europe. Texts by authors from African countries and Haiti, which from Avignon are addressed to the whole world.
This 12th edition will open with a focus on Cameroon: two texts inspired by social issues, the disappearance of children and freedom of the press. Eric Delphin Kwegoué, winner of the Prix RFI Théâtre 2023, writes a plea for press freedom dedicated to all the journalists murdered in his country. All the other plays, from Benin and Haiti, are also texts of struggle and the missing narratives that are essential to a broader perception of the world.
Fifi, les tambours et les étoiles
By Stéfanie François - Haiti
Fifi is alone at home, her mother having left to join her lover Bonami. During the night, several convoys set off: the Shadow Hunters, led by Bonami, and the Nightwatchers, led by Défilé. The mother is killed.
This first text was shortlisted for the Prix RFI 2023 and is the winner of the Bivouac des Comités de lecture des Rencontre(s) d'été de la Chartreuse in 2023.
Stéphanie François is a psycho-educator, teacher, actress, director and playwright. She studied drama at Acte (Ecole d'Art Dramatique co-directed by Gaëlle Bien-Aimé) and is one of the young people who represent the future of theatre in Haiti.
Proposed in collaboration with the Chartreuse Villeneuve-Lez-Avignon, Centre national des écritures du spectacle.
Distribution
With Esmeralda Dimanche, Gladimy Antoine, Alexandro Christi Nicolas, Wood-Kendy Louis, Nelmendy Emmanuela Bazile
and Insas students with Bastien Fourmy on percussion and Cyril Romero on saxophone
Reading directed by Armel Roussel assisted by Bastien Fourmy (Insas)
Sound design Cyril Romero and Bastien Fourmy (Insas) with the assistance of Pierre-Alexandre Lampert
The Ça va, ça va le monde! series is created and coordinated by Pascal Paradou
Production
Coproduction RFI, Compagnie [e]utopia
With the support of Institut français, SACD, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Fonds Marie-Paule Delvaux Godenne, L'asbl Les Amis de l'Insas and the Agence française de développement