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Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Bâtir

Salim Djaferi

27 > 30.05.2026
Theatre • fr, surtitling nl, en → Studio

After Koulounisation, Salim Djaferi continues to write, blending individual stories and collective history, in Bâtir [Building]. His starting point: the huge complexes where he and his parents grew up, in Seine-Saint-Denis, and their striking resemblance to the cities built in French Algeria during the 1950s. From the suburbs to the theatre stage: where is our colonial heritage hiding, and how can it be revealed? 

Along with his team, Salim Djaferi leads the enquiry among his relatives, the inhabitants of these districts, and the researchers with whom he has delved into the public archives. Collecting both personal stories and official documents, he is trying to flush out the persistent, sometimes invisible, expressions of this construction of the other. 

Première
Coproduction Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Copresentation Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Calendar

  • - 19:00
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  • - 18:00
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Information

Venue

Studio

Language

fr, surtitling nl, en

Price

10€ > 24€

Cast

Concept and performance
Salim Djaferi

Direction
Salim Djaferi
Clément Papachristou

Text
Marie Alié
Salim Djaferi
Clément Papachristou

Documentation, artistic collaboration
Hanna El Fakir

Dramaturgy
Adeline Rosenstein

Research collaboration
Janoé Vulbeau

Set design
Justine Bougerol
Silvio Palomo

Lighting design, technical direction
Laurie Fouvet

Sound design
Maïa Blondeau

Movement coach
Sophie Melis

Sound and stage management
Alice Spenlé
In collaboration with
Ondine Delaunois
Yorrick Detroy
Nicolas Marty

A scenographic production by the
Pôle de mutualisation de services & ressources techniques

Support, production, touring
Habemus papam (Cora-Line Lefèvre, Rosine Louviaux, Alix Maraval, Apolline Paquet)

Executive production
Habemus papam

Co-productions
Comédie de Saint-Etienne, Théâtre Public de Montreuil, La Machinerie – Vénissieux, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Maison de la Culture de Tournai, Théâtre de Namur, Théâtre de la Croix Rousse, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Points communs - Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d'Oise, Théâtre Joliette, Coop asbl and Shelter Prod

With the support of
Service des arts vivants de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, La Bellone, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Institut français d’Algérie, Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre Danse, taxshelter.be, ING and the Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter

René Leichtnam, Collection particulère
Yvan Guerdon · Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles