Insuline & Magnolia

When Stanislas discovered he had insulin-dependent diabetes at the age of 15, his carefree childhood was shattered by the evidence of the disease. The happy boy he had been became gloomy and isolated. Then he met Fleur, who turned his life upside down. With her free and sunny personality, this young woman introduces him to the power of poetry, capable of reviving a withered perception of reality and giving meaning to life in the face of death. The show is the story of this encounter, of the friendship that ensued and of the vital rebound that it triggered.

Stanislas Roquette's autobiographical account is full of energy, humour and tenderness, recounting the shock of a medical diagnosis and the light that life can sometimes give us in return. Insuline & Magnolia is also the story of an adolescent's initiation into literature, in this case classical French theatre and poetry.

The text of the show is published by Actes-Sud in the collection 'Au singulier'.

Line-Up:

Text and performance: Stanislas Roquette

Dramaturgy: Alexis Leprince

Artistic collaborations: Denis Guénoun, Cédric Orain, Florent Turello, Nil Bosca With the complicity of Guillaume Gallienne from the Comédie Française

Original music: Christian Girardot (Pierre Simon Chevry: flute / Anna Simeney: violin /Dominique Miton: viola / Georges Denoix: cello / Christian Girardot: piano)

Mixing and recording: Flavien Van Landuyt - Studio le Zèbre)

Lighting and stage management: Yvan Lombard

Costume: Gwladys Duthil

Photos © Ludo and © Fleur R.-G

Main organiser(s): neimënster 

Other organizer(s): Institut français du Luxembourg

Language: FR

Minimum age: 10 

Running time: 75'