Présentation de la publication et lectures

For their tenth anniversary, Sélection suisse en Avignon and “les Inédits théâtres” in the francophone Swiss daily newspaper Le Courrier are coming together for a common project: the publication of “Ten years, ten texts, ten authors”.
Ever since it was first created, Sélection suisse en Avignon has been defending vibrant contemporary creation and the place of authors in the world of theatre and performance. This commitment is notably illustrated in the partnership (until 2023) with “Les Intrépides” – a project devised by SACD – which brings together six French-speaking female authors to work on a commissioned piece about a specific theme. This commitment echoes that of Le Courrier, which publishes every summer a selection of never-published excerpts by Swiss or Switzerland-based authors. From this collaboration, a selection of ten texts has emerged: it reflects the diversity of these writers’ styles, sensitivities and outlooks. An invitation to circulate written texts between the page and the stage, and to reassert their necessity. These texts, which are formally very different, share a common impetus: to explore contemporary voices which place the body, sexualities and memory at their core. They interrogate filiations, identity, collective or individual silences, the place of women and marginalized individuals.