Rodéo
Léa Drouet
Show premiered on 17 September 2026 at the Théâtre Varia
In January 2022, as the fifth wave of Covid raged, Léa Drouet fell ill. The symptoms persisted: nausea, fatigue, memory problems, brain fog. Diagnosed with long Covid, she experienced a persistent inflammatory condition that extended beyond her own body.
Far from being an isolated case, this intimate affliction resonates with other forms of exhaustion. Forests are drying up, resources are becoming scarce, whilst social unrest is rising and being trampled upon at the same time. Three focal points – intimate, social, terrestrial – that we prefer to contain rather than question.
On stage unfolds a visual and sonic landscape, on the edge of the marsh, the forest and the rubbish tip: an organic structure with a volcanic appearance, marked by burns, traversed by smoke and vibrations. We are invited to take part in a kind of vigil – a healing ceremony for inflamed and marginalised bodies – listening to fragmented narratives and stifled memories.
With Rodéo, Léa Drouet and Camille Louis compose a scenic landscape of texts, sounds and images. Three performers deliver a multiplied voice, where the “I” becomes collective. Here, there is no resolution: the fog becomes substance and long Covid the sign of a porosity to the world, echoed by the affected body.
Calendar
Tarifs
- Plein tarif 23 €
- 65ans+/Carte prof/Groupe10+ 21 €
- -30ans/Pro/Dem.d'emploi 11 €
- Groupe scolaire 8 €
- -15ans 7 €
- Etudiants Conservatoires Art de la parole 5 €
Distributions
Directed by Léa Drouet
Performed by Juliette Chmielarz, Léa Drouet, Eli Mathieu-Bustos
Sensitivity reader Eli Mathieu-Bustos
Texts, dramaturgy Camille Louis
Set and costume design Carolin Gieszner (touche—touche)
Set construction Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège
Costume construction Théâtre Varia Costume Workshop
Sound design Èlg
Lighting design Léonard Cornevin
Choreographic collaboration Manon Santkin
Technical director Ferri Van Overstraeten
Production and touring AMA brussels: France Morin, Babacar Ba, Emi Parot, Clara Schmitt
International development La Poulpe
Executive production Vaisseau asbl
Co-produced by Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre Varia, les Halles de Schaerbeek, les SUBS, BUDA, Festival d’Automne, Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg, scène européenne, la Coop asbl and Shelter Prod.
With the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Théâtre and Wallonie-Bruxelles International.
With the support of taxshelter.be, ING and the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter scheme.
In partnership with the Centre des Arts scéniques.
Residencies BUDA, Les SUBS, la Bellone, Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre Varia.
Léa Drouet is an associate artist at Théâtre de Liège (2024–2028).
This project was co-produced with the support of the PROSPERO NEW platform, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
