A trial. Three women are accused of murder and practicing “barbaric rites” but for lack of bodies, judges, lawyers and witnesses are fighting over what makes tradition and modernity in their culture. During the testimonies, “disciples” of the three defendants argue over the disappearance of the Umuganuro festival in 1932, a sort of national festival whose spiritual form disturbed the religious trend that was about to be announced.
The play, created as part of the 5th edition of the Buja Sans Tabou festival, takes place in 2022, in a court sometimes erected in a wooded setting, sometimes jostled by autocratic institutions, confrontations of ideas and manipulation of the semantics.
Directed by Armel Roussel, assisted by Jean-Serge Sallh (EdN). Read by Laura Sheïlla Inangoma, Nadine Muhorakeye and the students of the École du Nord (Yassim Ait Abdelmalek, Poline Baranova Kiejman, Jessim Belfar, Clément Bigot, Jade Crespy, Fantine Gelu, Ambre Germaincartron, Loan Hermant, Ilana Micouin-Onnis, Marie Moly, Mohammed Louridi, Chloé Monteiro, Miya Pechillon, Charles Tuyizere).
Musical creation: Pierre-Alexandre Lampert.
Laura Sheilla Inangoma
Laura Sheïlla Inangoma started doing theater in 2013 and defines herself as an activist of African narrative and human rights. An actress for seven years before starting to write, she tried her hand at seven texts performed at the national level and a text, A little bit of everything, a lot of nothing, read as part of the cycle Langues d’Afrique des Recreational, in Burkina Faso. This is the first time that we have heard this author in France.
On the proposal of Les Récréâtrales, the author is part of the 2021-2024 promotion of Labo Elan. With the support of the French Institute of Burundi.
Alright everyone!
The It’s okay, it’s okay world! is designed and coordinated by Pascal Paradou and directed by the director Armel Roussel, with the collaboration of the École du Nord (EdN), a higher professional school of dramatic art directed by David Bobée. It is co-produced by RFI and the company [e]utopia, with the support of the SACD for its radio cultural action, Wallonia-Brussels International and the French Institute.
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Broadcast
Presented by: Pascal Paradou.
Direction and sound recording: Jérémie Besset and Thibault Baduel.
Technical coordination: Benjamin Avayou
On-line
Writing and coordination on rfi.fr: Siegfried Forster (in collaboration with Sonia Borelva).
Photos: Pascal Gély.
Videos: Dominique Fiant, Romain Ferré.
To listen to the other readings of “It’s okay, it’s okay people! » ⇒ click here