La Rencontre avec Thierry Lhermitte

We cross paths with lots of people, but do we truly meet them? What is a genuine encounter? Where does its power to change our lives and reveal who we are come from? How can we make ourselves open to this adventure in a world of algorithms and echo chambers?

In a solo stage performance written by Charles Pépin and adapted from his bestselling book La rencontre, une philosophie, Thierry Lhermitte looks back on the encounters that shaped his life – from his pals of Le Splendid to that... of his horse! – and asks a dizzying question: by not taking the risk of encountering others, could we be missing out on ourselves?