What Must Be Said — Theatre-concert based on Léonora Miano
Three texts by Léonora Miano
We all come from somewhere
‘How can we fraternise in a country where some people's heroes are others' tormentors?’ What does it mean to be ‘white’ or “black”? Who decided that ‘Africa’ would be called that? Ce qu'il faut dire is a direct statement that gets to the heart of the matter: the relationship between the West and Africa, the relationship to one's skin colour, the relationship to others.
In Ce qu'il faut dire, actress Karine Pedurand and musician Triinu bring to life three texts by Léonora Miano, an author renowned for her work against colonialism and racism. These texts, La question blanche, Le fond des choses and La fin des fins, dissect the narratives inherited from colonisation and the silences of exile. On a bare stage, voices and music intertwine in a theatre-concert that is both delicate and powerful. Far from conventional discourse, Ce qu'il faut dire by Catherine Vrignaud Cohen questions otherness, dismantles mythologies and brings out the power of liberated speech, capable of awakening our memories and opening up new horizons.
Press extract:
‘What a text this is for the spoken word, Léonora Miano! The language of the Franco-Cameroonian author is transposed onto the stage by Catherine Vrignaud Cohen in a simple but no less effective gesture.’ Kilian Orain – Télérama
In collaboration with the Château de Prangins.
