January 28—February 7, 2026
Dance, performance, visual arts
Festival of international emerging artistic practices
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Manon Worms
Arcanes
2025
February 5 at 15:00
February 5 at 20:00
3 bis f, Aix-en-Provence
Théâtre
Duration: 1h15
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Single price 10 €
In co-presentation with 3 bis f – centre d’arts contemporains and Théâtre Antoine Vitez
Arcanes is an immersive and sensory theatrical experience, born from the encounter between the incandescent writing of Nelly Arcan and the performative universe of Manon Worms and her company Krasna. Between cabaret, stand-up, and queer performance, the show plunges us into a fictional cave, housing the corrosive texts of the late Québécois author, who passed away in 2009 and is known for Folle and Putain. Throughout this dizzying descent, inhabited by Nelly’s otherworldly voice, bodies undergo metamorphoses, encounters unfold between shame and desire, between Medusa and Britney Spears, and our own memories of “femininity” subtly emerge. A cathartic plunge, the performance observes with humor and tenderness the terror of societal pressures, the horror and beauty of our identity quests, celebrating the vital and resilient powers that dwell within each of us.
Biographie
Manon Worms, director and writer, lives and works in Marseille. With her company Krasna, she creates works that exist between theater and performance, structured around cycles of workshops conducted with various Marseille-based organizations in the fields of education, care, social work, and health. Her main research focuses on how the political struggles of minorities are reworked through intimate experiences, and how writing, staging, and embodiment can empower and strengthen these connections.
Credits
Distribution
Direction and writing: Manon Worms
Performers: Leo Vigouroux and Annaëlle Hodet
Sound: Sarah Perez
Lighting: Sibyl Cabello
Set design: Noémie Roturier
Costumes: Benjamin Moreau
Sound system, sound operation, and general stage management: Pauline Parneix
External body advisor: Émeline Massip
Administration: Nadia Lacchin
Production
Compagnie Krasna
Co-production
3 bis f – centre d’arts contemporains (Aix-en-Provence) ; Théâtre du Bordeau – Saint Genis Pouilly ; Réseau Traverses, association de structures de diffusion et de soutien à la création de spectacles vivants en région Sud-PACA
Support
Théâtre des Salins – Scène Nationale de Martigues, Théâtre National de Marseille-La Criée, Montevideo, Friche Belle de Mai, Théâtre de la Cité/Biennale des écritures du réel, associations Solidarité Femmes 13, Because U Art, Sindiane 13
Support
Région SUD, la ville de Marseille, le département des Bouches-du-Rhône et la Drac PACA
Photo
© Ines Kadoussi
