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  • © Pauline Le Goff

  • © Nicolas Mintrot

Embrasser le chaos - »Le Lampenfieber«

collectif particules fines

95 minutes
Theater hall

»Embrasser le chaos« is a gesture at the crossroads of theatre, storytelling arts and music. It is the quest of two narrators starved of story, seeking to break free from their shackles and reveal what fiction has concealed for too long. Live music accompanies them. It is the accomplice of the narratives, weaving and transforming the stories, which sometimes shift into song. Through the journeys of Lucie and Léonora, two young women wrestling with the narratives that confine them, the play questions the necessity of reclaiming one’s own story. Léonora attempts to escape the oppressive romantic patterns and the abuse that have shaped her, while Lucie, a masked autistic woman, confronts the norms of a world that refuses to see her. These characters eventually meet, support one another, and untie the silences that had kept them muzzled. Between emancipation and reinvention, they deconstruct their inheritances and trace, together, the contours of a new mythology.

Based in Seine-Saint-Denis, the collectif particules fines explores contemporary forms of storytelling, between theatre, performance and sound creation. Their work places the relationship with the audience at the heart of a reflection on the narratives that shape us.

After the show on 2.10., Marilyn Nova White will perform »You Are Hired #3«, a solo drag show about work, identity and empowerment in late capitalism.
A conversation with the artists will take place after the show on 3.10.

»Embrasser le chaos« is part of Le Lampenfieber 2026 festival »Are We A Thing?«.

Performance  Elsa Cecchini, Marie Gouault & Christophe Lalanne-Claux Direction collectif particules fines Outside Eyes Caroline Knecht & Hugo Henner Text Elsa Cecchini, Marie Gouault Music Christophe Lalanne-Claux Light Lucille Vermeulen

A production by the collective particules fines in co-production with Théâtre des Avant-postes and TDI prod, with the support of Théâtre Public de Montreuil, National Dramatic Center, Nouveau Gare au Théâtre, the Komos publishing house, Théâtre Berthelot Jean Guerrin, Maison du Conte, Théâtre de La Girandole, Théâtre à Durée Indéterminée – Curry Vavart, Super Théâtre Collectif de Charenton, La Générale Nord-Est, Théâtre du Hublot de Colombes, Les Avant-postes, Maison d’art et de convivialité in Bordeaux, La Barge de Morlaix, and La Locomotive des Arts of Montreuil.

Dates

  • Oct 02, 2026, 21:00 Following the show: »You Are Hired #3« by Marilyn Nova White
  • Oct 03, 2026, 18:00 will be followed by audience talk
Tickets

Tickets cost 15 / 10 / 5 euros (free seating). 15 euros is the price we invite everyone to pay if they can afford it, in order to support us and make it possible for us to offer cheaper tickets to others. 10 euros is the reduced price that is available to everyone. 5 euros is an additional concession that can be used if necessary and at one’s own discretion when the other prices are too high.
Tickets can be purchased by phone, email, online or on-site at the box office. Please note that reservations via email and phone are only possible from Monday to Friday between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. For online tickets, the provider Reservix charges a 10% advance booking fee and a 2 euro service fee in addition to the basic ticket price. 3 Euro tickets for Berlin Pass/Berlin Ticket S holders are available at the box office only or via karten@ballhausost.de. Reduced tickets are available to schoolchildren, trainees, students, pensioners, BFD- and FSJ-workers, colleagues and artists. With Tanzcard the tickets are reduced by 20% (only at the box office). Disabled persons receive reduced admission and free admission for one accompanying person.

Language Info

In French spoken language.
With German and English surtitles.

Access / Content Note

Various seating options available.

Content notes:
Suitable for ages 14 and up. This performance addresses sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and harassment in an indirect, non-explicit manner, without depicting violence or providing explicit descriptions of traumatic experiences.
Sensory stimuli:
Low-intensity strobe lighting effects.