Dimanche
Focus & Chaliwaté
- Object theater
- Puppets
- Theater without words
With humour and poetry, "Dimanche" depicts a portrait of humanity completely out of step with its time, gripped by the chaos of climate change.
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With their globally acclaimed production Dimanche, Focus & Chaliwaté developed a humorous, always startling and moving performance. Movement art, figure and object theatre, theatre and video are combined uniquely. Carefully composed down to the smallest detail, the artists create a visual and poetic language that arises from dealing with what is not ordinary in everyday life.
A small family try to go about their daily routines on their Sunday in order to maintain a sense of normality, despite the chaos of an ecological collapse; while three travelling nature filmmakers do their best to document the apocalypse outside. Interdisciplinary top-class theatre using almost all the varieties of stage art, whilst managing entirely without language.

From 10 years old.
Writing and direction Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux, Sandrine Heyraud
Interpretation Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux, Sandrine Heyraud, alternating with Julie Dacquin or Sophie Leso, Thomas Dechaufour, Christine Heyraud or Shantala Pèpe
Stage managers Léonard Clarys, Isabelle Derr, Nicolas Ghion, Hugues Girard, David Alonso Morillo, Charlotte Persoons or Liane Van de Putte
Outside eye Alana Osbourne
Puppets Joachim Jannin (WAW Studio!), Jean-Raymond Brassinne
Puppets collaboration Emmanuel Chessa, Aurélie Deloche, Gaëlle Marras
Stage design Zoé Tenret
Set construction Zoé Tenret, Bruno Mortaignie (LS Diffusion), Sébastien Boucherit, Sébastien Munck
Light creation Guillaume Toussaint Fromentin
Sound creation Brice Cannavo
Video production and photography direction Tristan Galand
First camera assistant Alexandre Cabanne
Chief Machinist Hatuey Suarez
Underwater shooting Alexandra Brixy
TV news video shooting Tom Gineyts
Video post-production Paul Jadoul
Sounds videos Jeff Levillain(Studio Chocolat-noisette), Roland Voglaire (Boxon Studio)
Costumes helper Fanny Boizard
Stage manager Léonard Clarys
Tour administration Chiara Christoffersen
A show of Focus et Chaliwaté, in co-production with Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Théâtre de Namur, maison de la culture de Tournai/maison de la création, le Sablier – Ifs (FR), Arts and Ideas New Haven (USA), Adelaïde Festival (Australia), Auckland Arts Festival (New Zealand), le Théâtre Victor Hugo de Bagneux, Scène des Arts du Geste / EPT Vallée Sud Grand Paris, La Coop asbl and Shelter Prod | A delegated production of Théâtre Les Tanneurs | A associated production of Théâtre de Namur and maison de la culture de Tournai/maison de la création | With the support of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service du Cirque, des Arts Forains et de la Rue, Loterie Nationale, Wallonie Bruxelles International (WBI), Bourse du CAPT, Commission Communautaire Française, Taxshelter.be, ING and Tax-Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge | With the help of Escale du Nord – Centre Culturel d’Anderlecht, Centre de la Marionnette de Tournai, La Roseraie, Latitude 50 – Pôle des Arts du Cirque et de la Rue, Espace Catastrophe, Centre Culturel Jacques Franck, Maison de la Culture Famenne-Ardennes, Centre Culturel d’Eupen, La Vénerie, Centre Culturel de Braine l’Alleud, Royal Festival de Spa, Théâtre Marni, L’Escaut, Bronks, AD LIB Diffusion, AD LIB Production : Résidences au Libitum, LookIN’out and Festival XS.
Photos © Virginie Meigné, Alice Piemme / AML