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. 

We begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and arrive in the Monclar district of Avignon, by way of Damascus. At the heart of the performance is a shared journey to Kigali during the commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. How can we reconcile multiple identities, between France and Morocco, Palestine and Syria, Rwanda and the Congo? How can we envision justice after a genocide or a civil war? All three carry their stories, and their longing for justice.

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 Karam Al Kafri (Palestine/Syria), Sihame El Mesbahi (France/Morocco), Yannick Kamanzi (Rwanda)

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