They are students at the Jean-Vigo high school in Millau and are already setting the stage at the Maison du Peuple theater

La troupe d’apprentis comédiens du lycée Jean-Vigo répète avec cœur et énergie. Midi Libre – F.MAYET

Ils sont une quinzaine, filles et garçons de seconde et première, à faire ’apprentissage de l’art de l’expression scénique avec passion. 

A controlled, choreographed agitation. On this afternoon of rehearsals, the small troupe formed by around fifteen second and first year students from theater education at the Jean-Vigo de Millau high school are working hard. The stage of the Maison du Peuple vibrates with creative waves.

A little behind, but the look and the listening which does not miss any detail Sarah Carlini, teacher, director and pillar of the company Ôrageuse, narrates the text "full of joy and sadness" proposed to these seeds of actors. With, also, the tutelary and benevolent shadow of Michel Genniaux, creator and facilitator for three decades of dramatic teaching at Jean-Vigo."I had him myself as a master twenty years ago with my friend and artistic accomplice Guilhem Artières."

"You have to be ridiculous in the theater!"

The duo also wanted the younger generation to cover some of the songs performed at the time with Michel Genniaux. " It’s very strong for Guilhem and me" smiles Sarah. With, also, the permanence of collective teaching. "Students develop the ability to work with others. Without being afraid of making a fool of yourself. You have to be ridiculous in the theater!"

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Enough to go against received, preconceived ideas for all the students in the troop. Like Thomas, 16 years old, in second grade. He remembers a discovery in fourth grade. "It’was already with Sarah Carlini who came to do a performance at my college, Marcel-Aymard in Millau. I immediately loved it! I liked that we could say on stage, in a possible and unimaginable way, everything that we cannot admit in life."

“Why did my brothers and I leave”

The play which will be performed this Tuesday, August 21 from 8:30 p.m. at the Maison du Peuple theater in Millau by the students of the Jean-Vigo high school is the work of Hédi Tillette from Clermont-Tonnerre. "Why my brothers and I left" addresses the major and contemporary theme of migration. The story of four brothers (Dali, Mo, Taco and Nour) who live in a hot country where unemployment reigns and the weight of the family makes young and old alike bow down. From then on, elsewhere seems like a better horizon. "We're talking about young teenagers who play gigolos, brushes director Sarah Carlini. What is it like to be a teenager elsewhere in the world ?"
Tuesday May 21, 8:30 p.m., Maison du Peuple theater, rue Pasteur in Millau. Contact: 05 65 59 47 61

Lilou, in first grade at 16, set foot on the stage in sixth grade. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, amateur actors. "I really liked the adrenaline of the show. I like to interpret characters, to convey strong messages." Thomas and Lilou are also extending their apprenticeship at Fabrick in Millau.& nbsp;Sarah Carlini also insists on the spectator looks of her students. "They see ten shows during the year, whether in Toulouse, Sète, Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand. It is then up to them to produce written analyses."

"I'm shy…"

The version of Richard III seen in Sète left a strong mark on Lilou while Thomas said he was struck by the creation Falaise seen at the Théâtre de la Cité de Toulouse &quot ;with a horse on stage!" Same crush for his friend Florian, 15 years old, in second grade. "J&amp ;rsquo;I discovered theater at nine years old. I immediately loved the team spirit and, as someone who is shy, it helped me to speak, to communicate, to express feelings that are not mine."

Without forgetting the taste for the text. "I learn my texts by playing them, thanks to the positions by identifying which phrase I am referring to am." And Florian is delighted with the encounters offered by the theater. "Meetings that we could never have had elsewhere or otherwise."