International Theatre Meetings

Performances from August 3 to 10, 2024

Over a four-week period, nearly a hundred trainees, actors and technicians come together to create a dozen shows, mixing contemporary and classical works. Under the guidance of experienced trainers, including directors, artists and technicians, this production workshop offers a unique and enriching experience, full of exchanges and know-how, constituting a true collective adventure. The resulting productions are presented to the public in August in the villages of Giussani, in the heart of Corsica's Regional Nature Park.

Renowned contributors to this adventure include Pierre Vial, Anne Levy, Mario Gonzalès, Jean-Claude Penchenat, René Jauneau, Aurélien Recoing and many others.

Artistic workshops will be organized to encourage sensitive expression, leave room for the imagination and enable expression within a collective. Each instructor proposes a work to be created and staged on site, with all the necessary tools and the collaboration of the theater's various trades, including actors, lighting, sound, set and costume technicians.

Trainees have the opportunity to work with two of the experienced speakers on two separate works, offering different ways of approaching theater. Les Rencontres offers the opportunity to discover or rediscover a classical or contemporary repertoire, in French or other languages.

Before the performances, the artists will lead discovery workshops for the public, including stage work, reading aloud, improvisation and circus. Each work restitution will be presented in public, under show conditions. Each trainee will have the opportunity to face a real audience at least eight times (four times for each performance).

This four-week internship offers total immersion in the theater, from 08:30 in the morning to 23:00 at night. It's an intensive experience where theater is at the heart of daily life, in a rigorous yet caring environment.