Affabulations ! (nomadic)

A small-scale piece based on the work of Jean de La Fontaine

“If an animal tells you he is speaking, he is probably lying.” Anonymous

La Fontaine’s Fables is a classic work and an institution in itself. We all know at least one fable, from studying it at school. The moral of each fable is of a far more ambiguous nature than the morals of our everyday domestic lives. Dedicated to the young Dauphin, the heir to the throne, they are frequently immoral, cynical and full of gall. La Fontaine settles his scores with his contemporaries under the pretence of advice and warnings given to the youngest sections of society.

Affabulations ! was devised using improvisations, based on different scenarios: a director and two actors present themselves to the audience and suggests looking into how we might act out La Fontaine’s Fables today. In order to do this, the director directs each actor, one by one, as they set about acting La Fontaine’s The Crow and the Fox. The audience is invited to cast a critical eye on the different acting propositions, and perhaps to try out their acting skills for themselves…

Dramaticules delights in blurring the frontier between fiction and reality. This satirical spoof puts together the tricks of the trade of the actor and questions the way we view things as spectators.

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Pierre-Antoine Billon, Julien Buchy & Jérémie Le Louët © Les Dramaticules

Julien Buchy, Pierre-Antoine Billon & Jérémie Le Louët

Useful informations

First performed in 2008
Format Small-scale
On tour Since 2008
Running time 45 minutes
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 12 years old
Schools shows From year 9

Affabulations ! exists also in stage performance. Consult the dedicated page: here and do not hesitate to contact us for any clarification.

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Creative Team

With the friendly autorisation of Jean de La Fontaine

Devised and directed by Jérémie Le Louët

Performed by
David Maison then Pierre-Antoine Billon
Julien Buchy
Jérémie Le Louët

Partners

A production by Les Dramaticules

Co-produced by La Communauté d’agglomération du Val de Bièvre

With support for the revival by Le Prisme-Théâtre municipal d’Élancourt (78)

With the support of Le Conseil régional d’Île-de-France

Former tours

On 01/09/2023 at 15h00 at The Centre pénitentiaire in Mont-de-Marsan (40)

On 01/09/2023 at 20h30 at Campet-et-Lamolère (40)

On 07/11/2023 at 19h30 at Lycée professionnel Robert Keller in Cachan (94)

On 18/01/2024 at 11h00 at the Lycée polyvalent Evariste Galois in Noisy-le-Grand (93)

On 18/01/2024 at 13h30 at the Lycée polyvalent Evariste Galois in Noisy-le-Grand (93)

On 19/01/2024 at 10h00 at the Lycée Professionnel La Source in Nogent-sur-Marne (94)

On 24/01/2024 at 20h00 at Théâtre Chateaubriand in Saint-Malo (35)

On 26/03/2024 at 13h10 at the Lycée Jehan in Chelles (77)

On 25/05/2024 at 19h30 at The Espace Georges Brassens in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (33)

On 23/09/2022 at 19h30 at the Nouveau Théâtre des 3T in Châtellerault (86)

On 04/06/2023 at 11h00 as part of "Rendez-vous aux jardins" 's festival at the Château and Parc in Champs-sur-Marne (77)

On 04/10/2021 at 14h40 at the Lycée Montesquieu in Herblay (95)

On 06/10/2021 at 10h30 at the Collège Jean Vilar in Herblay (95)

On 19/10/2021 at 20h30 at the Auditorium du Cresco in Saint-Mandé (94)

On 17/05/2022 at 20h00 at the Musée National Gustave Moreau in Paris (75)

On 10/07/2022 at 16h30 at the Bois de la Barre in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (77)

On 10/07/2022 at 18h00 at the Bois de la Barre in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (77)

On 04/12/2020 at 14h00 at the Collège Alexandre Dumas in Maurepas (78)

On 12/01/2021 at 20h00 at the Musée National Gustave Moreau in Paris (75)

On 23/03/2021 at 14h00 at the Collège des Fontaines in La Guerche-de-Bretagne (35)

On 23/03/2021 at 16h00 at the Collège des Fontaines in La Guerche-de-Bretagne (35)

On 24/03/2021 at 9h30 at the Collège Les Rochers Sévigné in Vitré (35)

On 24/03/2021 at 11h00 at the Collège Les Rochers Sévigné in Vitré (35)

On 24/03/2021 at 15h00 at the Maison de santé La Gautrays in Vitré (35)

On 25/03/2021 at 20h30 (covid cancel.) at the Auditorium du Cresco in Saint-Mandé (94)

On 12/04/2021 at 11h00 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Montesquieu in Herblay (95)

On 12/04/2021 at 13h00 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Montesquieu in Herblay (95)

On 15/04/2021 at 13h00 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Tristan Corbière in Plourin-lès-Morlaix (29)

On 15/04/2021 at 15h30 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Tristan Corbière in Plourin-lès-Morlaix (29)

On 16/04/2021 at 10h00 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Tristan Corbière in Plourin-lès-Morlaix (29)

On 16/04/2021 at 13h00 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Tristan Corbière in Plourin-lès-Morlaix (29)

On 16/04/2021 at 15h30 (covid cancel.) at the Lycée Tristan Corbière in Plourin-lès-Morlaix (29)

On 03/05/2021 at 10h30 (covid cancel.) at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 03/05/2021 at 14h30 (covid cancel.) at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 04/05/2021 at 10h30 (covid cancel.) at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 04/05/2021 at 14h30 (covid cancel.) at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 26/05/2021 at 11h00 (covid cancel.) at the Collège Jean Vilar in Herblay (95)

On 13/06/2021 at 15h00 at the Potager du Dauphin in Meudon (92)

On 13/06/2021 at 17h30 at the Potager du Dauphin in Meudon (92)

On 14/06/2021 at 10h30 at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 14/06/2021 at 14h00 at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 15/06/2021 at 10h30 at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 15/06/2021 at 14h00 at the Collège Pierre Mendès France in Marcoussis (91)

On 18/06/2021 at 20h30 at the Péniche Adélaïde in Rethel (08)

On 06/07/2021 at 20h00 (covid cancel.) at the Musée National Gustave Moreau in Paris (75)

On 17/10/2019 at 14h30 at the Lycée des 7 mares in Maurepas (78)

On 17/10/2019 at 19h00 at the Prisme-Théâtre municipal in Élancourt (78)

On 18/10/2019 at 14h00 at the CFA Affida in La Verrière (78)

On 18/01/2020 at 20h00 at the Médiathèque des 7 Mares in Élancourt (78)

On 16/10/2018 at 11h30 at the Lycée des 7 mares in Maurepas (78)

On 16/10/2018 at 15h00 at the Lycée Dumont d’Urville in Maurepas (78)

On 18/10/2018 at 12h00 at the Mairie d’Élancourt (78)

On 07/11/2018 at 16h00 at the CFA Affida in La Verrière (78)

On 15/12/2018 at 20h00 at the MJC in Savigny-sur-Orge (91)

On 12/02/2019 at 16h00 at the Résidence du Petit Bois in Élancourt (78)

On 17/03/2019 at 16h00 at the Musée de la vie romantique in Paris (75)

On 06/10/2015 at 9h00 at the Lycée Robert in Mortain (50)

On 06/10/2015 at 13h00 at the Lycée Robert in Mortain (50)

On 06/10/2015 at 15h00 at the Lycée Robert in Mortain (50)

On 07/10/2015 at 11h00 at the Lycée Lehec à Saint-Hilaire in Harcouët (50)

On 04/10/2014 at 14h00 at the Médiathèque George Sand in Enghien-les-Bains (95)

On 16/10/2014 at 15h00 at the Théâtre des 2 Rives in Charenton-le-Pont (94)

On 11/10/2013 at 20h30 at home in Herblay (95)

On 07/11/2013 at 14h00 at the Lycée Montesquieu in Herblay (95)

On 26/11/2013 at 14h30 at the Nef in Dijon (21)

On 28/11/2013 at 10h40 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 28/11/2013 at 14h00 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 28/11/2013 at 20h30 at the Centre de semi-liberté in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 29/11/2013 at 10h40 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 29/11/2013 at 14h00 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 30/11/2013 at 20h30 at home in Herblay (95)

On 05/12/2013 at 10h40 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 05/12/2013 at 14h00 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 06/12/2013 at 10h40 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 06/12/2013 at 14h00 at the Lycée Robert Doisneau in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 14/12/2013 at 20h30 at home in Herblay (95)

On 09/01/2014 at 12h00 at the MBDA in Plessis-Robinson (92)

On 01/02/2014 at 20h30 at home in Herblay (95)

On 17/02/2014 at 14h00 at the Lycée des Lombards in Troyes (10)

On 17/02/2014 at 19h00 at the Théâtre de la Madeleine, scène conventionnée in Troyes (10)

On 18/02/2014 at 14h00 at the Lycée Marie de Champagne in Troyes (10)

On 18/02/2014 at 16h00 at the Lycée Marie de Champagne in Troyes (10)

On 19/02/2014 at 10h00 at the Lycée professionnel Edouard Herriot Sainte Avine in Troyes (10)

On 20/02/2014 at 10h00 at the Lycée Camille Claudel in Troyes (10)

On 20/02/2014 at 14h00 at the Lycée Camille Claudel in Troyes (10)

On 20/02/2014 at 16h00 at the Lycée Camille Claudel in Troyes (10)

On 07/03/2014 at 20h30 at the Médiathèque Chantemerle in Corbeil-Essonnes (91)

On 08/03/2014 at 20h30 at home in Châtillon (92)

On 14/03/2014 at 18h30 at the Pôle Culturel in Alfortville (94)

On 22/03/2014 at 20h30 at home in Châtillon (92)

On 29/03/2014 at 20h30 at home in Herblay (95)

On 24/06/2014 at 19h00 at the Théâtre de Châtillon (92)

On 09/03/2010 at 20h00 at home in Orly (94)

On 12/11/2008 at 14h00 at the Maison pour tous Gérard Philipe in Villejuif (94)

On 14/11/2008 at 19h00 at the Espace Culturel André Malraux in Kremlin-Bicêtre (94)

On 27/11/2008 at 14h30 at the Collège Rosa Parks in Gentilly (94)

On 06/12/2008 at 18h30 at the Bibliothèque du Chaperon Vert in Gentilly (94)

On 07/12/2008 at 18h00 at home in Kremlin-Bicêtre (94)

On 09/12/2008 at 14h00 at the Collège Karl Marx in Villejuif (94)

On 09/12/2008 at 19h00 at the Auditorium in Gentilly (94)

On 10/12/2008 at 20h30 at the Théâtre Romain Rolland, scène conventionnée in Villejuif (94)

On 11/12/2008 at 17h00 at the Hôpital Paul Brousse in Villejuif (94)

On 13/12/2008 at 20h00 at home in Vitry-sur-Seine (94)

On 14/12/2008 at 16h00 at the Association SEL in Villejuif (94)

On 17/12/2008 at 11h00 at the Maison d’arrêt in Fresnes (94)

On 18/12/2008 at 12h00 at the CAVB Office (94)

On 28/01/2009 at 14h30 at the Maison d’arrêt in Fresnes (94)

On 28/01/2009 at 17h00 at the Bibliothèque in Fresnes (94)

On 29/01/2009 at 16h00 at the Centre d’animation in Kremlin-Bicêtre (94)

On 03/02/2009 at 15h00 at the Bibliothèque de Cachan (94)

On 24/02/2009 at 14h00 at the Maison d’arrêt in Fresnes (94)

On 25/02/2009 at 14h00

On 25/02/2009 at 19h30 at the Maison d’arrêt in Fresnes (94)

On 27/02/2009 at 19h00 at the Château Raspail in Cachan (94)

On 28/02/2009 at 16h30 at the Maison de retraite in Moulin (03)

On 05/03/2009 at 14h00 au Collège Ronsard à L’Haÿ-les-Roses (94)

On 07/03/2009 at 20h00 at home in Cachan (94)

On 05/04/2009 at 15h00 at the Maison de l’enfant et du citoyen in L’Haÿ-les-Roses (94)

On 17/04/2009 at 18h00 at the Maison de quartier du Petit-Robinson in L’Haÿ-les-Roses (94)

On 24/04/2009 at 18h00 at the Maison des jeunes et de la solidarité in L’Haÿ-les-Roses (94)

On 17/05/2009 at 18h00 at the Maison de quartier du Petit-Robinson in L’Haÿ-les-Roses (94)

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Useful informations

First performed in 2008
Format Small-scale
On tour Since 2008
Running time 45 minutes
Show suitable for audiences Over the age of 12 years old
Schools shows From year 9

Affabulations ! exists also in stage performance. Consult the dedicated page: here and do not hesitate to contact us for any clarification.

Pro access