Johanny Bert
Romette Theater Company - Clermont-Ferrand / France
VHSS
Ecology
LSF
New creation 26/27
New creation 26/27
New creation 26/27
Production: Romette Theatre
Co-production : Le Sablier - Ifs CNMa, Théâtre de Laval CNMa, Théâtre de Gascogne - Mont-de-Marsan, Châteauvallon-Liberté, Toulon National Stage, Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, FMTM - Charleville-Mézières, Le Mouffetard CNMa, La Ferme du Buisson National Stage, Le Mett - Le Teil
Thank you very much for your guidance and support.
Residency opportunities: Le Sablier - Ifs CNMa, Théâtre de Laval CNMa, Théâtre de Gascogne - Mont-de-Marsan, Le Mett - Le Teil, MA scène nationale - Pays de Montbéliard
With the support of La Cour des Trois Coquins, scène vivant - Clermont-Ferrand
CREATIVE NEWS
MARCH 2026
- Construction of the puppets (Amélie Madeline, Jonas Coutancier, Johanny Bert and 6 other visual artists, sculptors...)
- Set design construction (MC2 Grenoble workshop)
APRIL 2026
- From April 13 to 24, 2026 - rehearsals at CNMA in Laval
JUNE 2026
- From June 8 to 21, 2026 - rehearsals at the Mett / Le Teil
SEPTEMBER 2026
- From September 21 to October 3, 2026 - rehearsals at the Théâtre de Gascogne Scène conventionnée in Mont-de-Marsan.
OCTOBER 2026
- From October 19 to November 2, 2026 - Rehearsals and creation at Le Sablier, CNMA de Ifs
Created on November 3rd and 4th, 2026 at Le Sablier, CNMA de Ifs
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Images of the workshop/construction in progress
After researching the subversive history of the puppet and its current roots, I was able to develop two projects around our intimate and political bodies through sexuality, freedom and love which allowed me to create Hen (2019) then La (nouvelle) Ronde (2022).
Today, I would like to continue a new research with this free, popular and insolent instrument that is the puppet for adult audiences, in a story, our story to try to understand the mechanisms of a historical political movement: The National Front or National Rally.
As with all my creations, I try to capture and understand our world with the collaboration of authors of our present. This time I would also like to surround myself with historians, political scientists and journalists, women and men who will nourish the writing of two complementary and autonomous creations:
Like many of our shows, we are preparing a bilingual French Sign Language (LSF) version to make the show accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Contact us.
Creation team (in the process of being formed)
Design, direction, scenography: Johanny Bert
Writing: Text commissioned for the show from Guillaume Cayet
Performers: Yasmine Berthouin, Enzo Door, Alexandre Leprince (and in progress)
Collaboration on the staging: Alexandra Vuillet
Puppets: Amélie Madeline, Jonas Coutancier
Administration, production: Virginie Hammel, Nora Fernezelyi - The Little Office