The Elephants graveyard

​A play by Jean-Paul Daumas ​

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Created by Et Voilà Théâtre in 2011

“What is really terrible, in not to age, but to age as an Old Person.”
Confined to the interior of a guesthouse, Ludivine, Chloe, Ada and Louise, spend their retirement dreaming of sunshine and rest, while trying to stop the inexorable march of time that imprisons them. But, could this agoraphobia that they feel be just the fear of death?
Someone new arrives at the guesthouse, Fernande, and she will be the one to rock their cotton candy existence, and upsets the daily routine of these four old ladies.

This is a dramatic comedy full of tears and laughter, pretense and reality, truths and lies.
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2011 French Cultures Festival official event.

This work is funded in part by grants from the Texan-French Alliance for the Arts.

Director
​Laurence Sebeyran

Cast
Nezha Abbadi
Hermine Bénard
Anne-Laure Reymond-Christensen
Pascale Lazare
Thierry Danard

Crew
​Sets: Ines Muñoz, Sylvia Paredes
Props: Jan Andreas
Translation: Sylvia Paredes, Jan Andreas, Hermine Bénard, Anne Deshoulières, Yves Cloots
Surtitles: Ewa Ciesielski
Light and sounds: Guillaume Thomas-Collignon
Photography: Carl Fehres
Video: Luc Schlumberger
Poster: Karine Parker-Lemoyne
Design: Valérie Thomas-Collignon, Véronique Schlumberger
Website: Pascal Ploux
Box office: Véronique Schlumberger
Sponsoring: Joëlle Ciesielski, Ines Muñoz
Communication: Joëlle Ciesielski, Véronique Schlumberger, Ines Muñoz