It started with an emotion.
A small, ingenious lamp designed to replace kerosene lamps.
A lamp powered solely by gravity.
This force which we are all subjected to.
The weight descends.
The energy it generates as it falls powers a light bulb.
The weight hits the ground and the light goes out.
It started with a desire to talk about life.
About the amazing energy of children.
About what this energy commits us to in a world that is destroying itself.
It started with the need to bring back to the table a subject that no one really wants to talk about: death.
A reality to which we are all also subject.
It started with the power of fiction.
Eva and Rinus are friends. They live together and are raising Moïra, 7. Rinus spreekt Nederlands. Eva parle
français. Eva is a pirate of life. Rinus has a disease he won’t recover from. How can we imagine a future when
loss is imminent? What legacy should we leave to those who follow? When visible reality no longer provides
answers, isn't it wise to look to the side, to what cannot be seen? With humor and poetry, the trio deploys a
treasure trove of knowledge and know-how as a precious legacy to offer.
This new creation by Venedig Meer is an invitation to transform our perspectives and perceptions, offering our
creative powers a different way of relating to the resources that surround us.
L’invisible n’est pas inexistant (The invisible is not non-existent) is a joyful exploration of doing things together
differently. On stage, gravity generates electricity, short-circuiting our modes of consumption while inventing an
aesthetic language. Gravity becomes a palpable body in space, in dialogue with human bodies. In her writing,
Florence Minder continues her exploration of reality by summoning the invisible as a powerful source of
imagination. Once again, she offers a unique narrative, influenced by astrophysics, shamanic techniques of
imagination, vegetable cutting, and deathwives, among other things.
To remind ourselves that the relationships we forge are the resources of our future,
So that our desires for alternatives become realities,
A play that reveals the forces within and around us, invisible or made invisible.
Concept and direction Venedig Meer
Performance Lucile Charnier, Florence Minder et Lode Thiery
Writing Florence Minder
Acting direction Julien Jaillot
Assistant director Médéa Anselin
Stage management and technical direction Yorrick Detroy
Scenography and Light creation Arié van Egmond
Costumes Solène Valentin
Sound creation Pierre-Alexandre Lampert
Artistic collaboration Valérianne Poidevin
Dramaturgical consultant Baptiste Toulemonde
Translations Daphne Agten
Set design and lighting assistant Benjamin Muzart
Prop master Rafaëlle Roux
Set design and construction intern Pénélope de Turenne
Lighting technician Lou van Egmond
Design and construction of gravity generators Laurent Staudt et Baptiste Herregods
Set construction Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège – Sandra Belloi, David Halleux, Olivier Mollers, Aurélien Defize et Cédric Debatty
Costume design Ateliers du Théâtre Varia – Théâtre & Studio – Fabienne Damiean et Léna Henry
Production Manon Faure – Venedig Meer
Production assistant Émilie Flamant
Development, communication and tour manager Bloom Project – Stéphanie Barboteau
A creation by Venedig Meer
In co-production with Le Théâtre Varia, Le Théâtre de Liège avec les projets STAGES et ACuTe, L’ANCRE – Théâtre Royal , Le BRASS – Centre Culturel de Forest, La Coop ASBL et Shelter Prod
Supported by Mars – Mons Arts de la Scène, du Fond de dotation Porosus, de l’Akademie für Theater und Digitalität, taxshelter.be, ING et du Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral belge
With the help of la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service Théâtre, de la COCOF (Fonds d’acteurices) et du Fonds d’encouragement à l’emploi des personnes intermittentes genevoises (FEEIG)
Venedig Meer | Florence Minder is a partner artist of Théâtre Varia.