Un saison avec Wajdi Mouawad

Agora Jeunesse - Theater Performance

Wajdi Mouawad is firmly convinced that it is crucial to give a voice to the 17- to 22-year-old generation, and offers a space for free thought to eight young people from the Aveyron region. Agora Jeunesse is a collective space where young adults, guided by Wajdi Mouawad, are invited to formulate their own questions—not opinions shaped by outside influences, but intimate, urgent, and often unspeakable—and to bring them into debate before an assembly of audience members invited to take part in this reflection. We invite you to come listen to these fragile yet essential voices and to share in the experience of the Agora.

A Shell in the Heart—A Touring Production

Wahab is angry. Summoned in an emergency, he rushes to the hospital where his mother is dying. During this winter journey, in the midst of a snowstorm, he confronts his thoughts, his memories, and the trauma of a bloody attack. His mother is going to die, and Wahab tells himself that perhaps he will finally be able to grow up and live. He vents his pent-up rage at her, at the bus driver, and at himself. His childhood, marked by the war in Lebanon, comes flooding back. In front of his mother, after this journey, the enraged boy becomes a man. This monologue, performed by Jean Destrem, explores the complex relationship between a son and his mother—blending pain and love—and the search for words to express the inexpressible.

Suitable for all audiences.