Insectes, Amanda Tedesco

This dystopian fable, populated by crickets, cockroaches, and beetles, raises fundamental questions about power, fear, resistance, and language. Insectes resonates with global dynamics: the rise of the far right, the fragility of democracies, the commodification of living beings, and the instrumentalization of minorities. Written in 2018 in Brazil, while the country was undergoing a major political shift, the play is anchored in a satirical tradition to explore authoritarian drift and the contradictions of social struggles. This project questions how, behind an apparently structured power, there is always a fierce struggle for control of resources hidden away. Honey and bee eggs are the symbols of wealth, fragility, and life in this world of insects.

Direction and adaptation Amanda Tedesco

Text Jô Bilac

With Beatriz Coimbra alternating with Ana Adams, Manu Figueiredo, Felipe Fonseca Nobre, André Gryner, Flávia Lorenzi, and Isis Oliveira

Translation Amanda Tedesco and Collectif Entre-Deux

Musical direction Henrique Cantalogo

Set design and props Lola Seiler

Lighting design Andre Salles and Martin Klokenbring

Costumes Amanda Tedesco