
GRANDIR
_a story of childhood, place, and transformation
A girl. A house. A territory. And everything that overflows.
A childhood in a remote corner.
A house at the end of the road, surrounded by fields.
Parents who garden, grandparents working the land,
and the memories of a childhood shaped by the seasons.
Then one day, the need for air. The dizzying urge to leave.
And the question that keeps returning, endlessly:
Why stay? Why leave?
GRANDIR retraces this journey —
the journey of a young girl from a rural land,
and all that this land carries: roots, memory, attachment, but also limits, confinement, and tensions.
It is a story of emancipation. A dialogue between what has shaped us and what we choose to become.
At the heart of the performance: a territory — Cantal. Memories, testimonies, voices.
Blending theatre, documentary video, and direct address, the performance explores how we build ourselves in relation to family heritage, solitude, and the call of elsewhere.
CREATION – MARCH 2024
Concept, text and performance_Julie Crantelle
Dramaturgy and stage direction support_Zelda Bourquin
Documentary video_Julie Crantelle & Julien Mony
Artistic collaboration_Théo Majcher
Sound design_Serafin Aebli
Lighting design_Antoine Gautier
Video management_Loïs Simac
Set design_Violette Graveline
Assistant set designer_Camille Nozay
Production_ALTER EGO (X)
Co-productions: Le Quai des Arts de Rumilly, Théâtre d'Aurillac - scène conventionnée
Residency support: Le Quai des Arts de Rumilly (74), Théâtre d'Aurillac - scène conventionnée (15), La Manufacture - Aurillac (15), Espaces des Forges, Coopérative artistique des collines, Annecy (74), Auditorium de Seynod - Annecy (74), Théâtre Jean Vilar - Suresnes (92)
With the support of: City of Annecy, Department of Haute-Savoie (as part of the association-in-residence at Quai des Arts in Rumilly in 2023)
TOUR DATES
June 12, 2025 – Val des Usses Nursing Home – Frangy (74)
June 11, 2025 – La Roselière – Bas-Chablais Nursing Home (74)
June 10, 2025 – Les Cyclamens Nursing Home – Magland (74)
June 5, 2025 – Saint Flour Community (15)
January 23, 2025 – Théâtre Renoir, Annecy (74)
October 10, 2024 – Le Quai des Arts, Rumilly (74)
June 4, 2024 – MJC Centre Social Victor Hugo, Annecy (74)
April 27, 2024 – Salle des fêtes de la Monselie, Saignes (15)
March 14 & 15, 2024 – Le Diapason, Saint-Marcellin (38)
March 8, 2024 – Les Granges, Vic-sur-Cère (15)
March 5, 2024 – Premiere, Théâtre d'Aurillac – scène conventionnée (15)
January 10, 2024 – Route des 20, Château Rouge, Annemasse (74)