Affabulations
“If an animal tells you it’s talking, it’s probably lying.” Unknown
Affabulations was born from the desire of the Dramaticules to share with the public a playful and direct report (interactive for those who wish), around the reflection of the imposture, the appearance, the balance of power and hierarchy within a group, based on the emblematic symbolic of the mask: Les Fables of Jean de La Fontaine.
Rare are the works that crystallize so much our heritage : in France, everybody has learned a fable, an inevitable course in elementary school. However they are not for children, their morality is much more ambiguous than the simple teaching of domestic utility.
Jean de La Fontaine’s Fables are also, for generations of readers and actors, the “French music” of the just and conventional «well-saying». It is difficult for today’s interpreter to get out of this language learned in school in order to aspire for a living and free speech. It is also difficult for the spectator to accept being bumped into his nostalgic expectations. The play is a place of friction, embarrassment and derision where the question of the social mask is the most telling, is the starting point of Affabulations.
During a public rehearsal punctuated by dramatic turns of events, Jérémie Le Louët and his playmates have fun blurring the line between fiction and reality. Affabulations underlines the force of habits of actors and questions our expectations of spectators. A veritable manifesto for a theatre of actors, Affabulations highlights the inextricable difficulty of being authentic under the fire of eyes.
Useful informations
First performed in 2024
Format Small-scale
Running time 1 hour
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 12 years old
Schools shows From year 9
Affabulations exists also in nomadic form adapted to spaces without technical possibilities. Consult the dedicated page: here and do not hesitate to contact us for any clarification.
Creative Team
Devised and directed by Jérémie Le Louët
Written and performed by
David Maison then Pierre-Antoine Billon
Julien Buchy
Jérémie Le Louët
Partners
A production by Les Dramaticules
Co-produced by La Communauté d’agglomération du Val de Bièvre
With support for the revival by Le Prisme-Théâtre municipal d’Élancourt (78)
Calendar
Useful informations
First performed in 2024
Format Small-scale
Running time 1 hour
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 12 years old
Schools shows From year 9
Affabulations exists also in nomadic form adapted to spaces without technical possibilities. Consult the dedicated page: here and do not hesitate to contact us for any clarification.