LES NUITS TROUBLES
This project is currently in development, contact us at emilielargier@gmail. com for inquiries / bookings.
Les Nuits Troubles is a stage performance that unfolds within an imagined refuge: a mental room shaped by memory and imagination. This fragile inner space gradually fractures as elements of reality seep in. As the boundary between refuge and outside world dissolves, both the character and the audience enter a state of doubt, perceptual instability, and uncertainty. Rather than depicting violence, the piece inhabits suspended and liminal spaces, revealing how the mind can shelter itself somewhere where protection and the illusion of safety quietly merge.
A intial residency period was carried out in Spring & Summer 2026 at Cleanbreak Theatre (London, UK) in collaboration with :
Performers & devisers -
Masumi Saito, Benedetta Scuto and Yen-Ching Lin | Direction & Concept - Emilie Largier | Multimedia and Music Composition - Andro Manzoni | Assistant Director - Benedetta Scuto | Intern & Artistic assistant - River | Artistic Consultant - Gavin Glover | Producer - Diana Feng | Photography & Trailer - Rocio Chacon | Trailer editor - Emilie Largier | Original music & sound mixing - Andro Manzoni | Color grading - Áki Frostason
This first development phase was supported by Arts Council England, Cleanbreak Theatre and Chisenhale Dance Space.
Special thanks to Arts Council England, Cleanbreak Theatre and all their team, Reece McMahon at Chisenhale Dance Space, Johan Kølkjær, Michael Breiner and Pavillon K.