Commencer à exister

Min. age: 10+ / Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Following Time To Tell, the first in a series of three productions exploring the theme of ‘Legacies’, Martin Palisse continues his collaboration with David Gauchard and his quest for a form of circus-theatre in which the writing intertwines autobiographical narrative with physical expression. This time, he invites Stefan Kinsman, an actor as much as a performer, to “be there”, as close as possible to emotions and bodies. Both men, at a different turning point in their lives, open up about the traces their families have left within them.

Between the words, the circus act becomes a kind of invitation to forget, to transcend, to friendship, to the building of a new form of family.

Commencer à exister blends documentary theatre with improvised circus to evoke a sense of hope for transformation. Between the memory of the past and the performative act, in the urgency of the present. And finally, how does one manage to end well?

Mentions :
Conception - Scénographie : Martin Palisse • Mise en scène : David Gauchard, Martin Palisse • Ecriture dramatique : David Gauchard • Interprétation : Stefan Kinsman, Martin Palisse • Lumière : Laurine Chalon • Son : Jean Gueudré • Production : Le Sirque - Pôle National Cirque • Coproductions : OARA Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; Les Halles de Schaerbeek (Belgique) ; L’Équinoxe, scène nationale de Châteauroux ; L’Odyssée, Théâtre de Périgueux, scène conventionnée d’intérêt national ; Le Prato, Pôle National Cirque à Lille ; Les Subs, Lyon ; Le Sirque, Pôle National Cirque à Nexon ; Scène Nationale du Sud Aquitain ; CIRCA, Pôle National Cirque à Auch.