In a dimly lit apartment, a young mother, strangely silent, wanders with a haunted air and urgently attends to daily tasks, while in an adjacent room, the sighs, frustrations, and annoyances of a man can be heard loudly, whose silhouette is never glimpsed but whose brutality and fury are palpable.
Trapped in this toxic home enveloped in deafening silence, where every noise suddenly becomes a source of anxiety and terror, this young mother with immense courage, driven by the desire to save her baby – whose breath brings sweetness and hope – from an environment that could one day be fatal to them, seeks by all means an escape, a way out, a passage from darkness to light, towards sunnier lands to take back control of her destiny and the course of her life.
In a stripped-down performance that economizes on words, at the border between theater and choreography, and borrows from the codes of cinematic narration, Jeanne Dandoy brings to the world with Merveille new stories, where women, too often conditioned to waiting and passivity, take action and reclaim a voice long confiscated.
With Amandine Laval, Jean Fürst, and a group of extras (in progress)
Written, directed, and dramaturgy Jeanne Dandoy
Assistant director Judith Ribardière
Choreography, special effects creation, and voice-over Jos Baker
Set design Amber Vandenhoeck
Assistant set design Charlotte Hermant
Lighting design Maria Dermitzaki
Costume and makeup design Emilie Jonet
Fairy costume creation Nicole Moris
Sound and music creation Harry Charlier, Maxime Glaude
General stage management Julien Desmet
Administration, production, and distribution by Valentine Siboni, Jenifer Rodriguez
Sign language coaching Seda Guektasch
Lighting and video stage management Geoffroy de Hasque, Matthieu Vergès
Sound stage management David Defour
Stage management Hadrien Jeangette
Integrated shooting in the set Margot Op de Beeck
Assistant directors Marion d’Hainaut, Héloïse Trioen
Video animation Hypercut
Production delegate Seriallilith
Set construction Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège
A show by Cie Seriallilith
Co-produced by Seriallilith, Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre des Martyrs, La Coop, Shelter Prod
Support from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Theater Service, Cie MAPS / Writing Residency Enfants admis, in partnership with La Chaufferie, SACD, Center for Dramatic Writing
Supported by Tax Shelter.be, ING, Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter
