Chevaleresses

Chevaleresses is a play featuring a single actress on stage. She recounts her story as she confronts incest. She offers a generous and lively performance.

A success in Avignon, Chevaleresses is an autofiction performed with strength and delicacy on the particularly painful subject of incest.

With this powerful text, winner of the Artcena creation aid encouragement award, Nolwenn le Doth gradually reconstructs the puzzle of her story.

She shares with us the dreams of a knightess as a child, the torments of the teenager armed with her hoodie, and the battles of the adult. Alone on stage, she switches from one character to another with vivacity, dynamism, and humour, all punctuated by masterful choreographies.

In the background, she portrays her family and France from the 80s to the present day, accompanied by shared pop culture references. Supported by a soundtrack of women's choir, sisterhood stands tall against the pervasive silences.

A necessary show, where text, song, and dance come together to denounce systemic violence that is crucial to discuss.