Grand' Peur et Misère du IIIe Reich

Chapelle de la Congrégation, 37 Grande Rue

Theatre - suitable for ages 10 and up - 1 h 40. Company Les Coloquintes. Through 13 tableaux inspired by Grand’ Peur et Misère du IIIe Reich, the director Christophe Vincent brings forth a society that, little by little, grows used to fear, mistrust and authoritarianism. Workers, bourgeois, children: everyone tries to keep living as the Nazi regime infiltrates the intimate as well as public space. Written in exile by Bertolt Brecht, based on testimonies, the play resonates today with our troubling current affairs: the rise of extremisms, disinformation, stigmatization of minorities, a…