SIX/SIX Nina Negri & Dylan Poletti / Mathilde Morel & Kenza Zourdani

5/6 – Nina Negri & Dylan Poletti (theatre)
PUPPY-PLAY

How far can one direct, and be directed? Are there limits? And can they be crossed?
PUPPY-PLAY probes and subverts the power dynamics at the heart of the director/actor relationship.
Dylan Poletti and Nina Negri confront these questions in the wake of the MeToo movement and the surge of testimonies exposing abuse within the performing arts. A kind of theatrical agility course, the piece echoes wider systems of dominance and submission, and places its bet on the rebellious force of the living.

6/6 – Mathilde Morel & Kenza Zourdani (theatre)
Hapax ou La Comparution Immédiate
Summoned to appear without knowing exactly what she’s accused of, mistaken for someone else, Kenza – like Joseph K. in The Trial – must defend herself against an accusation that is both opaque and overwhelming. And like him, she resists.
Hapax ou La Comparution Immédiate (Hapax or Summary Hearing) is a meeting point between the poetic writing of Mathilde Morel and Kenza Zourdani, confronting two forms of radical powerlessness: that of the average European in the face of the first live-broadcast genocide and that of a theatre striving to find the strength of its own voice.