The programme of shows for Bright Generations – Générations Lumineuses 2025

We are excited to share with you the official artistic program for Bright Generations – Générations Lumineuses 2025. These selections result from a long process led by a jury of 39 national and international programmers and the artistic direction of Théâtre Massalia, headed by Émilie Robert (for the national selection).

French Programme

• 1. Bird – by Anna Nozières, New Aquitaine, (theater, ages 9+)
  2. Little Red Riding Hood – by Sylvain Huc, Occitanie (dance, ages 6+)
  3. Girl and Silk – by Séverine Coulon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (theater/shadow/objects, ages 7+)
  4. Dehors/Outside – by the Braz Bazar company, Sud-Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur (music, ages 4+)
  5. The Fabulous Story of Basarkus – by Sylvère Lamotte, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (circus/dance, ages 4+)
  6. #Generations(s) – by the Le Cri Dévôt company, Occitanie (theater/digital, ages 12+)
  7. Scoooootch – by Les Nouveaux Ballets du Nord Pas de Calais, Hauts-de-France (dance/objects, ages 2+)
  8. Starshow – by the Bakélite company, performed alongside “10 objets” by Marina Le Guennec, Bretagne (object theater, ages 9+)

International Programme

Europe

1. Le Grand Lac/The Great Lake – Imaginar do Gigante, Portugal (theater, ages 3+)
2. Puissant∙es/Powerful – company 3637, Belgium (theater/dance, ages 14+)
3. Keep it safe – React Public Performances, Sweden (public space art, ages 5+)

Oceania

1. Up & Away – Cubbin Theater Company, New Zealand (theater and visual arts, ages 1+)

Africa

1. Sandscape – Kininso Concept Productions, Nigeria (theater, music, performance, ages 2+)
2. The Girl Who Sings, the Girl on the Roof – cie Les Racines, Cameroon (theater, music, ages 14+)

Asia

1. The Way Back – The Double Theater, Taiwan (dance, puppetry, theater, ages 9+)
2. Penguin – Hamzeh Al Hussein & Amy Golding, Syria/UK (theater, ages 11+)

America

1. Louise os orsos – Pandorga compagnia de Teatro, Brazil (theater, ages 7+)