Throughout this school year, around fifteen students from the theater option at the Lycée de la Briquerie potashed on a show composed from texts by Molière, the 400th year of his birth obliges. This Wednesday, they have already given two performances of their show at the small hall of the municipal theater of Thionville, first in the morning for schoolchildren then at 8 p.m. for the general public. Rebelote this Thursday. Entitled “Who are we kidding? », the performance, directed by Rémi Barbier, of the Nihilo Nihil company, brings together excerpts from plays such as Tartuffe Women’s school , The doctor despite Himself or even The imaginary patient. Admission will still be free this evening but the performance of these high school actors is not entirely innocent: it could indeed bring them extra points for the baccalaureate. “The theater option concerns students from second to final year who are graded in continuous assessment and where theory and practice are judged in equal parts”, nuance the referent teacher of the Briquerie, Laurence Lecler. Several students have already done theatre, like Maxime who is in his eighth year and who would like to do castings soon. “Finally as soon as I get the permit. » Chloé, if she has already completed two years of lessons, admits having mainly registered for the theater option to « earn points in the baccalaureate and… make new friends ». The brothers Simon and Boris praise for their part the “fluency in speaking” that this discipline offers them. Also note the presence among the actors of Paul, a pupil suffering from deafness and who occupies his place in a natural way and in his own right within the troop.
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Optimal working conditions
“All the actors have made progress”, welcomes the director Rémi Barbier. “It testifies to how the collective makes it possible to climb upwards. This is also our goal. Knowing how we feed each other. Understand that it is by listening that you create a character and that you help your partner to develop a character himself. Finally, everyone is well aware of being able to work in optimal conditions, thanks to the City of Thionville, which has made the theater, the Nest and the Grand Est Region available to them. “We’re even lucky to have a professional lighting designer,” says Laurence Lecler. Finally, for all those who have missed one of the performances, a catch-up session will take place on May 26 at 112 de Terville, on the occasion of the festival “La scène aux ados” organized by the Ter de l’Art association. . “When there is enough to eat for eight, there is plenty for ten,” said Harpagon, said the miser…
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