Theatre FR

Azuma

Elsa Chêne

A playful, sociological reflection on the animate and inanimate body, Azuma is an exploration of the contemporary forms that otherness takes in our lonely, patriarchal society.

The show invites the audience to discover the phenomenon of the Love Dolls, through a very simple experiment: see one of these lifelike dolls come to life in the hands of the performers and feel what its existence does to us, individually and collectively, here and now.

Beyond the surprise and amusement, I’m trying to understand the contradictory sensations that such a practice gives me. What amuses me as a former doll player, intrigues me as a director, upsets me as a woman and revolts me as a feminist?

Elsa Chêne

Creation : autumn 2026

Director : Elsa Chêne
Assistant Director : Hugo Favier
Performance : Denis Robert, Marion Menan (distribution en cours)
Musical composition : Patrick Belmont
Costumes : Solène Valentin
Coordination and technical direction : Lou van Egmond
Lights : distribution en cours
Set design : distribution en cours

Production, distribution and development support : Ad Lib · Support d’artistes

A creation by Elsa Chêne

An executive production by Atelier 210

In coproduction with MARS-Mons Arts de la Scène

With the aid of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service du Théâtre (bourse de recherche)

With the support of la Bellone, la Fabrique de Théâtre and neimënster (LU)

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