Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the time of a weekend, nearly 20 actors will travel the territory. The Adhok street art company has been working for several years on the different ages of life. She uses theater and dance in dynamic, funny and touching shows. Shows where everyone can recognize themselves and from which no one comes out indifferent.
Friday, September 30 – 8:30 p.m. Forecourt of the Town Hall Mounts THE NEST / “Feeling your wings growing! » They are new, still very frail. And it’s already quite an adventure… Sticking your head out of the nest, discovering the expanse of the world with your eyes, growing up and gaining your wings before taking the risk! Who knows when you throw yourself into the void what will happen? What happens when the baby bird leaves the nest? What is it to be young today? In an impressive scenic space structured around a giant nest, the spectators are carried away in the first steps of a moving, fragile, touching adventure. Le Nid stages the passage from childhood to the first step of adulthood, outside of a protective family nest. The gaze turned towards the sky but summoned to have the feet on the ground… What happens when the baby bird leaves the nest?
Saturday October 1 – 4:00 p.m. Departure from Rue du Grand Clos Artannes-sur-Indre FLIGHT / “What does it mean to be young today? » L’Envol depicts the first steps of young adults in a world whose extent and complexity they discover. Fresh out of the nest but ready for any adventure. Full of energy, they will have to find their place, confront new obstacles, separate what they dreamed of from what reality offers them. Adapt to this world that shakes us all up. And then keep the vital momentum in your heart, against all odds, project yourself tomorrow, in ten years… What does it mean to be young today?
Saturday October 1 – 6:00 p.m. Departure from the town hall square Villaines-les-Roches WHO LIVES / “Tell yourself that everything is always possible” There are two of them, 50 years old already… a flood of questions propels them 30 years back and it’s the great parade of a passing life… Desires, daily life, torment, fault… Update on the time elapsed with a view to tackling… the future. Without ever falling into nostalgia, Qui Vive is an opportunity to scroll through the picture book of an eventful and joyful life. A show that is lived on time and where everyone can recognize themselves… at the crossroads of all generations.
Sunday, October 2 – 4:30 p.m. Departure forecourt of the Saint Symphorien church Azay le Rideau EMERGENCY EXIT / “Imagine that the possibility of rebirth opens up at any age! » There are seven of them, let’s say middle-aged, who have mistakenly left the nursing home that welcomes them. The emergency exit door had remained ajar, so why not give it a try? Leaving and reconnecting to the throbbing life, with a racing heart. If the gestures are awkward, the pace fragile, the memory wavering, what prevents you from feeling there, right away, totally alive? But beyond biological markers, what does it mean to be old? Is age enough to determine a boundary? What do we know about this age that we modestly qualify as “senior”? Behind the question “What is aging?” hides another question charged with ambivalent emotions: “How to grow old? » A spectacle which one cannot leave indifferent and gives a taste of hope in the future.