The Black Beast creation 2017
SHOW
Duration 25min – For all audiences
To be just a body. A dehumanized, contorted body.
An animal body… In this solo, written as a performative choreography,
a woman sketches out the daily battles against her pet peeves.
On the ground or on an apparatus like a column with its 24 vertebrae,
she is, like a thread that twists, ready to break at any moment. In a chiselled light,
the body and life of this woman are outlined in its wild complexity,
its fragile beauty, without ever bending.
An introspection of the being,
which allows us to glimpse the sufferings, pressures and sacrifices crossed in the extreme exercise of physical performance and surpassing oneself.
Through this portrait, the outline of our states of mind, our dreams, our traumas,
our choices, our moments of grace, our contradictions are outlined.
Love. Life.
DATES OF THE 2025/2026 SEASON
Double evening format – two short forms
Diptych : The Black Beast and Little Queen
October 8, 2025 – L’Escale, Tournefeuille (31)
October 10 and 11, 2025 – Scène nationale du Sud-Aquitain, Bayonne (64)
October 13 and 14, 2025 – Espace d’Albret, Nérac (47)
October 16, 2025 – Théâtre des Quatre Saisons Gradignan (33)
January 9 and 10, 2026 – TANDEM, Scène nationale Arras (62)
January 15, 2026 – Théâtre du Pays de Morlaix (29)
February 10, 2026 – Équinoxe, Scène nationale de Châteauroux (36)
March 3, 2026 – Théâtre de Charleville-Mézières (08)
March 19 and 20, 2026 – La Machinerie Théâtre Vénissieux (69)
March 24 and 25, 2026 – Les Scènes du Golf, Théâtre de Vannes (56)
May 5, 2026 – Le Champ de Foire, Saint André de Cubzac (33)
May 21, 2026 – La Vence Scène, St Égrève (38)
DISTRIBUTION
Stage direction, choreography Raphaëlle Boitel
Artistic collaboration, lighting Tristan Baudoin
Original music Arthur Bison
Stage manager Anthony Nicolas
Stage, sound and lighting manager Thomas Delot
Costumes Sabine Schlemmer
Assistant director Clara Henry
Apparatus designer Monika Wespi / Ingo Groher
Performers Vassiliki Rossillion (since 2024) or Raphaelle Boitel
Direction Julien Couzy
Administration Nicolas Rosset
Production Manager Léna Scamps
PRODUCTION & CO-PRODUCTION
Production Cie L’Oublié(e) – Raphaëlle Boitel
Coproduction Agora PNC Boulazac Aquitaine •
Le Carré Magique, PNC en Bretagne, Lannion
Crédits photos © Georges Ridel and
Pierre Planchenault. All rights reserved
