Radio Live

For the past ten years or so, the Radio Live project has brought young people together on stage to discuss questions of commitment and identity. In this new edition, made up of three chapters, Aurélie Charon hands the microphone to eight individuals from conflict zones in Syria, Gaza, Bosnia, Ukraine, Lebanon, Rwanda... Each night, in groups of three, they share how the violence of war has upended their personal, familial, social, artistic, and activist spaces. It is a journalistic investigation that reinvents itself with each performance through drawing, video, and music. But it is also a reflection on friendship as a collective force, and an invitation to “gather with those who are different from us” to keep hatred at bay. 

The question of reconstruction looms large, in Syria, in Gaza, and even still in Lebanon. Rayane, Amir, and Hala believe in the lives we do not yet have, but for which we continue to fight. Through education, cinema, and poetry. We traveled to Hermel, in Lebanon, near the Syrian border, to meet Rayane at Esprits Libres, the secular school she co-founded. Amir was trapped at the outbreak of the war in Gaza in 2023, before returning to France and managing to evacuate part of his family. Together, we visited the sisters of Hala, a Syrian filmmaker, and her mother, who fled Syria after the coastal massacres. How can we begin to imagine reconstruction?

لهذه الفصول الثلاثة الجديدة من Radio Live، تعطي أوريلي شارون الكلمة لشابات وشبان آتين من مناطق نزاع، وتسلّط الضوء على قصصهم التي تدور حول مسائل الالتزام والهوية. 

With Amir Hassan (Gaza), Rayane Jawhary (Lebanon), Hala Rajab (Syria)

Concept and Stage Writing Aurélie Charon
In collaboration with Amélie Bonnin and Gala Vanson
Music Emma Prat
Live Visual Creation Gala Vanson
Graphic Identity Amélie Bonnin
Filmed Footage Hala Aljaber, Aurélie Charon, Thibault de Chateauvieux
Lighting Thomas Cottereau
Video Editing Céline Ducreux, Mohamed Mouaki
Stage Design Pia de Compiègne
Technical and Video Management Thomas Cottereau
Lighting Management Vincent Dupuy
Sound Management and Mixing Benoît Laur
Production Mathilde Gamon
Encounters inspired by the radio series and travels of Aurélie Charon and Caroline Gille

Production Radio Live Production 
Coproduction Comédie de Caen Centre dramatique national, Bonlieu scène nationale d’Annecy, MC93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (Bobigny), Le Méta Centre dramatique national de Poitiers, MC2 Maison de la Culture de Grenoble Scène nationale, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, Institut du monde arabe, Festival d’Avignon  
With the support of Drac Île-de-France, Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, and for the 79th edition of the Festival d'Avignon: Spedidam