« Everyone is an abyss, it makes you dizzy to look down into it. » Georg Büchner

In spite of efforts, theatre very seldom leaves the confines of its own circle, and most of the time it speaks the language of a circle of insiders. Yet play, ritual and storytelling are as necessary to every human being as food and sleep. With Woyzeck – ‘first proletarian on a theatre stage’ – we want to bring the theatrical act to people in migration, just as one would offer shelter or medical care. Constructed as a contemporary tragedy, each performance includes the creation of an amateur choir, chosen from among the inhabitants, in dialogue with the artists.

Long considered as a fragmented piece of writing, anticipating the open forms of contemporary drama, Woyzeck actually presents a coherent narrative: that of a feminicide. A narrative that sheds light on the chain reactions leading to the killing of a woman: a voice whispers to Woyzeck that he must “bleed the bitch” and, like a puppet guided by invisible threads, he kills Marie with knives. Through an organic and non-linear composition, Büchner offers us a reflection on the nature of evil and our relationship with the invisible.