ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION | DIRECTING, ANIMATING AND TELLING: THE OBJECT AT THE HEART OF CREATION

Moderated by Antonia Leney-Granger, this roundtable discussion brings together artists from different generations and geographical backgrounds to explore a fundamental question: how does an object become a vector for playwriting and creative expression?

Drawing on a range of practices, the discussion will examine how everyday materials, once brought to the stage, acquire narrative and symbolic meaning, in dialogue with the body, spoken word, and physical space.

Special attention will be paid to the object’s cultural dimension, whose meanings evolve depending on context, territory, and imagination.

An opportunity to exchange ideas and to reflect on the object’s role as an ally of contemporary dramaturgy.

 

Moderator

• Antonia Leney-Granger

 

Panellists

• Julie Vallée-Léger, set designer – Théâtre de La Pire Espèce (Québec)
• Agnès Limbos, performer, director – Cie Gare Centrale (Belgium)
• Mamby Mawine, artist, stage director – Djarama (Sénégal)
• Miguel Angel Gutiérrez, artist, stage director, programmer – (Mexico)
• Lisa Peyron, performer – La Loquace (Spain)
• Charlot Lemoine, performer, stage director – Vélo Théâtre (France)