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Télérama | Fabienne Pascaud - 10/05/2026
With “Timber”, their wordless show, the Still Life company sounds the alarm before the apocalypse
Having exhausted the planet, we try to reconnect with life… Illusory? With its four scenes blending burlesque and tragedy, the Belgian company follows in the tradition of silent theatre, where the experience becomes more visceral.
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La terrasse | Manuel Piolat Soleymat - 21/04/2026
Timber by Still Life Company: the tragicomic contradictions of contemporary humanity.
Driven by questions of life’s precariousness and the fragility of the human condition, Sophie Linsmaux and Aurelio Mergola present Timber at Les Célestins – Théâtre de Lyon. This wordless theatrical quadriptych invites us to reflect—somewhere between the absurd and the tragic—on our relationship to the ongoing environmental catastrophe.
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Scène web | Vincent Bouquet - 14/04/2026
"Timber ", Still Life’s temperate forest
Led by Sophie Linsmaux and Aurelio Mergola, the Belgian company Still Life is back in France with its latest wordless production, which, through a striking stage design, both captures and laments the relationship between humans and nature.
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Arts Chipels | Mirielle Davidovici - 13/04/2026
Watch out! Nature is reclaiming its territory
Pathetic humans, lost in a forest slowly being decimated by their own kind! In four wordless sketches—both hilarious and unsettling—the Still Life theater company takes us to the heart of a nature that is not yet dead. Watch out!
Web Théâtre | Louis Juzot - 12/04/2026
An ecological nightmare told through humor and the imagery of Still Life
The Still Life theater company, based in Brussels where it is affiliated with the Théâtre Les Tanneurs, was founded over fifteen years ago and has produced about ten shows, including *Flesch*, which was presented at the Avignon Festival. As their website states, the company’s founders, Aurelio Mergola and Sophie Linsmaux, have set themselves a simple and concise goal: “without words, they depict a world where everything is going terribly wrong.”
Coups d'Œil | Olivier Frégaville - 08/11/2025
Timber: Back to Mother Nature
The images, more powerful than words, invite deep reflection. Far from being demonstrative, the new show by the Still Life company uses humour, poetic gestures and derision as weapons of conscience. Laughter – often bitter – prevails, but the message remains. Change, however, is still a long time coming.
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Movement | Thomas Corlin - 03/19/2025
"TIMBER" by Cie Still Life: Nature Will Give It Back to You
Of course, the Still Life Company is far from being the only one in the eco-conscious theater scene, but their gently ironic "revenge porn" has the merit of mocking the prevailing moralism on the subject.
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RTBF | Louis Thiébaut - 12/03/2025
"Timber" at Théâtre les Tanneurs: a stunning visual immersion into the heart of life
In a world where everything seems to be going wrong, Timber offers its own solution—a response filled with dreamlike imagery, fiction, and breathtaking visuals. The power of life strikes us visually in a technically rigorous performance that exposes the complexity of our relationship with the world.
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RTBF Actus | Audric de Trez - 12/03/2025
"Timber": a visual performance where humans attempt to reconnect with nature
What happens in the forest stays in the forest—but often takes on the feel of a fairytale. With Timber, the Still Life company presents a modern fable in four acts. A performance without dialogue—a bold and deliberate choice.
Moustique | Sebastien Ministru - 18/03/2025
Highly anticipated, blending humor and awareness, Timber, the new creation by the Still Life company, invites the audience on a "healthy" walk through the forest. Entirely movement-based and without words...
Within the shifting boundaries of an artistic space that belongs solely to them, Aurelio Mergola and Sophie Linsmaux create performances with highly contemporary themes—shows where not a single word is spoken.
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