Near Montpellier. Culture: the migration question and exile in the theater

L’exile and the migrations are a timeless and constantly current subject. This is why the city of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone offers from 7 p.m.of Thursday 2 until May 8 and the June 7, a series of events, shows And metwhich invites the public to to reflect on, get informed and discuss these subjects, municipal theater Jérôme Savary.

In the program

The first evening, this Thursday 2nd of May, offered an immersion into the heart of contemporary issues linked to migration and exile. The cycle began with a reading of ” It does not go through “ by the Exit Company. This text, written by Claudine Galeaevokes the fundamental rights individuals to security et al’equality, inspired through meetings with female marines aboard the rescue ship Louise-Michel.

The marquee of the former municipal workshops then hosted a meeting with Claude Llenasocio-economist, and Agnes Defranceadministrator of the humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranean. Claude Llena presented his latest work “From one exile to another”offering a historical perspective on migration and raising crucial questions on the differences between migrations of the 21st century and those of the previous centuryas well as on the evolution of integration factors.

As for Friday May 3it’s the turn of the music, universal language of peoples And link between men, which is there. An event co-hosted with the International cultural center of Music Without Borders and the PRAHDAin partnership with the association ALPHA Vwhich allows musicians from Fethi Tabet World Group to give a big concert.

SOS Méditerranée and Music without Borders

THE March 14, 2024, 60 people lost their lives on a boat in distress in the central Mediterranean. The teams on board the Ocean Viking, the ship chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the IFRCcarried out four rescues in the space of 48 hoursproviding assistance to 361 men, women and children who were in danger at sea.

Agnes Defrance, representative of SOS Méditerranée, shared her experience in the theater and explained the vital mission of this organization. Since its creation, the association helped more than 40,000 people trying to cross the central Mediterranean, often at the risk of their lives. The spokesperson for the association underlines the importance of providing assistance to any boat in danger, in accordance with moral and maritime rights, in a region where dangers are omnipresent and migration routes among the deadliest in the world.

It is with the International Cultural Center of Music Without Borders that the music will also be present as part of this cycle. A multidisciplinary and multicultural team of artists, mediators and speakers run this center. Together, they have since led a cultural mediation actionand aim to promote world cultures across the artistic creation with the aim of developing the curiosity and the kindness towards the other.

After twenty years of existence, the company has today decided to equip itself with a cultural tool exceptional to locally extend theartistic and educational action that she leads in the world for ten years. In October 2007, she found the Mosson district in Montpellier where its first head office was located.

This thematic cycle promises to be a moment of collective awareness and reflection. Through shows, readings and meetings, the Jérôme Savary municipal theater offers a space for information, to exchange And to act facing one of great humanitarian crises of our time.

Practical information :
From May 2 to 8 and June 7, from 7 p.m.
All audiences, from 12 years old
Free entry by reservation
Refreshment bar and catering on site

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