We the tiny ones

De Ahmed Madani La press: Ahmed Madani has a gift for gathering speech and transforming intimate narratives, made of tragedy and comedy, into unforgettable theatrical works. Le Monde “The tiny people pay a heavy price for the smooth running of the country; they resist as best they can the crises that follow one another. It is a people that stands up to say no and that realizes that if it does not act, if it does not speak up, a whole world will disappear…” Avec Nous the Tiny ones, director Ahmed Madani focuses on following the motivations of a youth in motion, who acts on their own scale for causes that deeply animate them. After spending a year meeting young French speakers (and notably at the Poche), Ahmed proposes to about a dozen of them to testify to their commitment on stage. The whole tells these famous drops of water that make the rivers… and forms a show in which everything is true, concrete, and full of hope. “What do we have to share with these lives in the making? What stories shaped them? How do they manage to still stand tall? A life is only tiny when it is considered powerless and without a narrative. Our project is to reveal these narratives.” The testimonies collected from young people (social workers, apprentices, farmers, police officers, delivery drivers…) by Madani (Incandescences,) and interpreted by themselves reveal a lucid, committed, and active youth. Distribution Avec about ten young protagonists, experts in their commitment, aged between 18 and 35. | Writing and directing Ahmed Madani. Artistic collaboration Anissa A | Assistant director Romain Bouillaguet | Chorégraphie Salia Sanou | Singing coach Dominique Magloire | Video creation Nicolas Clauss | Video reports Yann Slama | Sound creation Christophe Séchet | Administratrice Pauline Dagron | Distribution manager Rachel Barrier | Production manager Manon Faës Production Madani Compagnie Co-producers CDN de Normandie-Rouen, Théâtre Dijon-Bourgogne - CDN, Théâtre Am Stram Gram - Geneva, L’Estive - National Stage of Foix and Ariège, Théâtre 71 - National Stage of Malakoff, Théâtre Sénart – National Stage, National Stage of Bourg-en-Bresse, Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Scène Nationale, Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonnes / Grand Paris Sud, Théâtre du Fil of water - Ville de Pantin, Théâtre de Sartrouville and Yvelines - CDN, Théâtre Jean Lurçat - National Stage of Aubusson, Comédie de Picardie, Théâtre de Poche - Brussels, Théâtre de Choisy-le-Roi – Stage under agreement of national interest art and creation for linguistic diversity, Théâtre du Beauvaisis - National Stage, La Nacelle - Aubergenville - Urban Community Grand Paris Seine & Oise. Support L’Archipel - National Stage of Perpignan, Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes, Le Channel – National Stage of Calais Avec the exceptional aid of the DRAC Île-de-France. Madani Compagnie is under agreement by the DRAC Île-de-France and by the Île-de-France region. Ahmed Madani is an associate artist at the CDN de Normandie-Rouen. His plays are published by Actes Sud-Papiers and l’école des loisirs