In Avignon, "I will not walk more ...", a play to overcome shame

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Doris (Laetitia Lalle Bi Bénie, on the right), adopted child, has never returned to her country of origin while Laura (Juliette Coulon, on the left), does not feel recognized enough.

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Text by: Sébastien Jédor Follow

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The largest theater in the world has taken up its summer quarters in Avignon, in the south of France, with the shows of the “In” festival and around a thousand others in the “Off”.

Among the latter,

I will not walk in the footsteps of your steps

, at Theater 11. The Franco-Romanian author Alexandra Badéa and the director Vincent Dussart question the feeling of shame that grips three sociologists on the move in a country of West Africa.

The three researchers, played by Juliette Coulon, Xavier Czapla, and Laetitia Lalle Bi Bénie (with Roman Bestion on music), are also confronted with relations of domination.

Report from our special correspondent in Avignon.

  • Africa

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  • Avignon 2021