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 Visual theatre, followed by a talk with the artists (french/english translation). Research-creation project supported by the CRESS program - Création recherche en sciences sociales - and  by the Handicap&Sociétés program of the EHESS.

Inspired by the horrors described in Wilfred Owen’s First World War Poem – Dulce et Decorum Est, this devised piece explores the scars of war on those who survived the front line.  

Yves struggles with the isolation he feels in his small apartment, PTSD has impacted on him and his relationships, he is alone.  He doesn’t sleep, his dreams are filled with flashbacks, nightmares.  

War changes everything.  War changed Yves.      

Devised by Olivier Schetrit & Ramesh Meyyappan

Directed by Ramesh Meyyappan

Performed by Olivier Schetrit   

The artistic team

 A Glasgow-based Singaporean, Ramesh Meyyappan is a theatre maker who develops performances using an eclectic mix of visual and physical theatre styles. Ramesh continually seeks to develop and extend his theatrical visual vocabulary, for example incorporating circus techniques, bouffon, puppetry and illusion within his work. He enjoys the challenge of creating strong narrative visual work.Over the years, his solo performances and collaborations have toured nationally and internationally (over 20 countries) to much critical acclaim.

Olivier Schetrit is a deaf artist and anthropologist. He obtained his PhD at the EHESS in 2016 and had also a long experience as an actor, storyteller, theater and film director, first within IVT (International Visual Theatre), and then on other national and international artistic stages in Europe, Brazil and the United States. His artistic and anthropological work is at the crossroads of visual anthropology, studies on sign languages and Deaf Culture, performance and research-creation.