Esprit vieille, Éléonore Barrault

Can age be explored independently of chronologies and any linearity? How can we dream a poetic and political figure of the old maid? This is the challenge taken up by Éléonore Barrault in a creation that teaches us to watch and listen to aging, but also to build the stage as a space of recomposition, the privileged venue for generations to cohabit and for reimagining narratives. By cultivating "l'esprit vieille", with the complicity of the team of creators from the École du TnS, she chooses to draw as close as possible to the passage of time and the transformations it produces on our bodies and stories.

Directed by Éléonore Barrault Written by Éléonore Barrault in collaboration with the artistic team and texts by Simone de Beauvoir, Leonora Carrington, and Annie Ernaux Dramaturgy Baudouin Woehl With Sarah Dallinger, Chaimaa El Mehia, Mina Totkova, The-Vinh Tran, Frazier-Doubia Nyamsi, Emma Da Cunha Sound Gabrielle Fuchs Lighting Lucas Loyez Scenography and stage management Naïs Thériot Costumes Kimy Gallien Video and general stage management Aglaë Le Minor With the support of the Centre des Récits du TnS Dramaturgical advice Rachel de Dardel Vocal coaching Mathilde Mertz