Show - War does not have a woman's face

By reservation only. A deeply moving look at the Second World War, a war experienced by young girls of remarkable courage. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2015, Sveltana Alexievitch has collected the testimonies of Soviet women veterans who - still teenagers in 1941 - were confronted with the violence of Hitler's invasion and immediately wanted to join the Red Army, ready to make any sacrifice to defend their homeland. These women share their unique stories, far removed from those told in school textbooks. The adventures of these women warriors grab hold of us and sweep us away. The emotional power of the show brings this epic to life. Marion Bierry's staging is free of any exhibitionism or realism, with movement and music accompanying the modesty and audacity of these confessions. In her adaptation, she creates an illusory context for five actresses, whose powerful
the words of these heroines forgotten by history. We were so pretty... A whole battalion. When we left, people had formed a hedge: women, children, old people, everyone was crying: "It's the girls who are going off to war!