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A week all about water at Théâtre La Piscine: a show for ages 2-6 and an exhibition-workshop open to children from age 5, teaching children to celebrate the rain and to marvel at a resource as ordinary as it is precious.
Two sisters find rain gear, a bow and a clown nose in the attic, and turn them into a joyful duo blending viola da gamba and clowning parade. A poetic and funny show for young children and older ones alike.
Kids' cinema: on a farm in the heart of Beauce, 11-year-old Christophe follows in his father's footsteps. But at school, at home, on the tractor, Christophe leans… and falls.
Jean Valjean, a former convict who escaped from the prison where he spent 16 years for stealing bread, now devotes himself to doing good around him. He creates a new identity for himself.
A show by the company Les Filles de Simone on the theme of the collective: five performers explore, through monologues and group scenes, what draws us to collective action and what keeps us in it. Ages 15 and up.
A show blending hip hop dance and storytelling theatre: the story of Akil, nine years old, and his mother, ready to do anything to finance the operation he needs. Ages 8 and up.
A musical lunch with guitarist and singer Diego Baëza, blending Spanish-language songs, Afro-Latin rhythms, jazz, gospel and pop for a warm journey between Chile and Châtenay-Malabry.
A comedy performed and sung in which a soprano and a baritone rehearse a condensed version of La Traviata, but an unexpected stand-in turns the performance upside down. A show that blends theatre and opera, for ages 14 and up.
Brahim Koutari, an actor, recounts his journey from a kid in the suburbs to the theater, in an energetic and committed one-man show. Ages 13 and up.
Director Catherine Hargreaves pays tribute to her older sister, Rachel, who has Down syndrome, in a joyful and deeply moving show about grief and the place of these people in our society.