Théâtre : Odile et l'eau

With humor and poetry, this swimmer?s log subtly weaves the intimate story of a woman at a pivotal time in her life. Written and performed by Anne Brochet.

In a fabulous journey that takes her through a kind of intimate big bang, Anne Brochet delivers a dreamlike, choreographed one-woman show that is both light-hearted and funny. In short, she evokes the present difficulties of being a single, unemployed woman with grown-up children.

An enchanting atmosphere and magnetic projections reveal her refreshingly cheerful inner world. At the poolside, she also shares her fleeting impressions of the beautiful, banal bodies that surround her.

"Acting in the theater is like crossing a pool, flirting with endurance and the tipping point, with the emotion of perfect rhythm right up to the nautical somersault. The one you watch for when you crawl, the one you measure and apprehend, the one that's exciting, that's never perfect, that you'll do again at the next length, just as you'll do better at the next performance," she says.

A sensitive, poetic show combining theater, dance, music and video. Dive in headfirst!

ANNE BROCHET

Actor, novelist and director born in Amiens, she played Roxane alongside Gérard Depardieu in the film Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). She was awarded the César for Best Supporting Actress in Tous les matins du monde (1991). She has published several novels, Trajet d?une amoureuse éconduite (2005), La fille et le rouge (2019)? and in 2022 directed a second documentary, Rêve de mouette.

TEXT, DESIGN AND ACTING: ANNE BROCHET
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION AND CHOREOGRAPHY: JOËLLE BOUVIER
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION: ELSA IMBERT
SET DESIGN: ZOÉ PAUTET
LIGHTING: PHILIPPE BERTHOMÉ
VIDEO AND SOUND: PIERRE-ALAIN GIRAUD
COSTUMES: ANNE AUTRAN

Production: Théâtre National de Strasbourg, MC2: Maison de la Culture de Grenoble - scène nationale, Théâtre Gérard Philipe - center dramatique national de Saint-Denis With the artistic participation of the Jeune Théâtre National