Les Enfants de la vallée
Mathias Simons
Les Ateliers de la Colline
The rain falling, a sudden flood, lives overturned. Camille no longer speaks, since the time the water carried everything away: her home, her memories... and her dog, Larry.
Inspired by the testimonies and the workshops held in schools in the valleys of the Vesdre and the Ourthe after the floods in summer 2021, this performance gives a voice to those who are too rarely heard in the context of disasters: the children. The Ateliers de la Colline allow the words of these young witnesses to resonate, a mixture of pain and resilience. The stage becomes a place of remembrance, where questions are asked about the sources of these disasters and their consequences. Why did these water courses break free? How do we rebuild after the deluge? Speech released which finally gives voice to the lived experience of the youngest, and invites us to a shared dream about possible outcomes.
In collaboration with the Export/Import Festival (La montagne magique Theatre and Bronks)
Calendar
Information
Venue
Salle Jacques Huisman
Duration
1hr
Language
fr, surtitling nl, en
Price
10€
Cast
Writing and direction
Mathias Simons
Collective creation
Les Ateliers de la Colline
In collaboration with
Caroline Lamarche
Assistant director
Alice Laruelle
With
Marie-Camille Blanchy
Ferdinand Despy
Julie Remacle
Jean-Baptiste Szézot
and, alternating, the children
Kadija
Timéo
Dimitri
Johanna
Fatou
Capucine
Scenography
Aurélie Borremans
Costumes
Marie-Hélène Balau
Music
François Van Kerrebroeck
Lighting
Gauthier Bilas
Video
Gauthier Bilas
in collaboration with
Jonas Luykx
Technical direction
Gauthier Bilas
Stage management
David Coste
Marie-Camille Blanchy
Children's support
Alice Tahon
Psychological support for testimony collection
Simon Darat
Production and distribution
Aline Dethise
Odile Julémont
Administrative management
Rita Di Caro
Communication
Lola Contessi
Intern
Emma Jones
In co-production with
La Coop asbl and Shelter Prod, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Liège, Cultural Center of Verviers, Cultural Center of Chênée, and Cultural Center Ourthe-et-Meuse
With the support of
taxshelter.be, ING, and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Cultural Center of Flémalle, Cultural Center of Theux
With the help of
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Theatre Department, Walloon Region, Province of Liège – Culture, City of Seraing
Special thanks to: Hugues Dorzée and Sarah Frère, the Préhistomuseum, Le Zet and Christine Lambot; to the children from the municipal schools of Juslenville, Hodimont, Angleur, and Chênée who took part in our workshops, and their teachers: Laetitia Gaspar, Estelle Huynh, Stéphanie Napora, Loïc Niessen, and Anthony Tombu; to the witness children from the schools Saint-François Xavier, Saint-Michel, and Saint-Remacle in Verviers, the Lucie foster home, and the schools Duc de Marlborough and Notre-Dame of Dolhain
