Theatrical saga in eight episodes, Kongo Chroniques recounts the life of a Congolese lineage through time, from ancient pre-colonial kingdoms to the future. Each opus is a play with its own genre, era, generation, and story. It is an independent world that can be read or performed separately from the rest. There is no narrative continuity, but there are strong resonances through the places, objects, languages, phrases, and music that Azani V. Ebengou weaves into his writing.
Situated in 2022 and the first written chronicle, Morceau de chair (Piece of Flesh) has been staged by Gabriela Alarcón Fuentes with support of Jeunes Textes en Liberté.
CommonPROD is supporting a field research and the writing of the second Chronicle.
Production
Les pleureuses de feu
Co-production
afriCOLOGNE and Riksteatern, as part of Common Stories, a Creative Europe programme funded by the European Union
Institut français du Congo, le Label Jeunes Textes en Liberté, la Ville de Saint-Etienne, La Comédie de Saint-Etienne, la Machinerie théâtre de Vénissieux.
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Residencies
- Institut Français du Congo, Pointe-Noire, December 2023
- La Machinerie, Vénissieux, June 10 to 20, 2025
- La Comédie de Saint-Etienne, September 30 to October 24, 2025
- La Machinerie, Vénissieux, March 30 - April 25, 2026
Performances of Morceau de Chair
- Théâtre de l'Elysée, Lyon, 28-31 January 2026
- Théâtre Le Verso, Saint-Etienne, 5-8 February 2026
