Nous ou le paradoxe du hérisson

Five people are connected by a rope. Is this link that of family, friendship, or another form of community? Hard to say. But the balance shifts with the arrival of a sixth person: “What happens to me when another happens?”
Director Muriel Imbach offers a joyful and philosophical reflection on family, inviting us to rethink its definition. What’s an extended family, a chosen family? Where does it begin? What brings us together? So many questions that remind us that “to be together as a family” means first and foremost to welcome the other, to accept them, and to adopt them, beyond blood ties. 

가족이라는 단어를 언급할 때, 우리는 먼저 자신의 가족을 떠올린다. 하지만 그 어떤 가족도 똑같은 모습이 아닌데, 가족이 된다는 것은 과연 무엇을 의미할까? 

With Coline Bardin, Pierre-Isaïe Duc, Linna Ibrahim, Cédric Leproust, Fred Ozier, Selvi Pürro
Artistic direction Muriel Imbach
Dramaturgy and artistic collaboration Marie Romanens, Adina Secretan
Assistant director Alexia Hebrard
Sound design Charlotte Vuissoz
Lighting design Antoine Friderici
Set design Neda Loncarevic
Costume design Isa Boucharlat
Stage management Charlotte-Prune Rychner
External artistic eye and artistic collaboration Paulin-Aloïse Jaccoud
Distribution Clémence Faravel / Ledou
Production Émilie Monnet
Communication Catia Bellini
Administration Léonore Friedli

Production La Bocca della Luna
Coproduction Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Théâtre public de Montreuil, Théâtre Le Reflet (Vevey), Théâtre Les Halles (Sierre), Théâtre du Loup (Geneva), Scène nationale de Bourg-en-Bresse, ACT – Art en coopérative transfrontalière Château Rouge (Annemasse), Théâtre Am Stram Gram (Geneva), Usine à Gaz (Nyon), Scène nationale de Bourg-en-Bresse, Les Scènes du Jura – Scène nationale
Support Canton of Vaud, City of Lausanne, Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Corodis, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Loterie Romande, Migros Culture Percentage
The company is supported through fixed-term agreements with the State of Vaud (2024–2027) and the City of Lausanne (2025–2028)
With the valued collaboration of Agustin Casalia, Association Prophilo and in particular Isabelle, Giorgia and Catherine; classes of Ms Saidji, Yldiz, Bapst-Piller and Santalucia in Geneva; classes of Mr Vaudroz and Ms de Bonhomme and Durant in Vevey; classes of Ms Guy-Boitet and colleagues in Bourg-en-Bresse; 7th and 8th grade classes of Ms Naffati, Haszjeraj and Cacioppo in Lausanne; classes of Ms Ribeiro, Russi, Zufferey and Herten in Sierre; classes of Fabien School and Lafargue School in Montreuil; the team and children at the pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Montreuil; the team at SFM Social Center in Montreuil; Clémence de Weck, Elo, Cyrielle, Germain, Lysiane from the association Couple et Famille in Bourg-en-Bresse; Christelle Fischler, Sabrina Burgat, Rosemarie Burri, Anne-Laure Sahy, Collective Tools Project, Laurence Saulnier, Ella Pürro, Timo Ozier, Laure Szalai and Fassaleh Taal from the Biel-based afrofeminist collective CABBAK
Acknowledgements Lionel Frésard, Jean-François Michelet, Cie Delgado Fuchs, Maud Brentini, Collectif Familles, Laura Pellicciotta, Philippe Botta, Luc-Étienne Gersbach, Thérèse Weibel, Melvin Ozier, Joanne Buob, Estelle Coignard
Thanks to Usine à Gaz (Nyon) for hosting the two-week residency