Photo : Christophe Raynaud de Lage
"Radio Live - The Day After Egypt" by Aurélie Charon & the Radio Live collective
Stepping onto the stage, the voices of a new generation bridge the gap between Cairo and Kyiv to share stories of resilience. This unique blend of documentary theater, live music, and video diaries captures what it really means to rebuild a future today. Prepare for an incredibly moving experience that turns personal history into a collective call for hope.
Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris 16th)
About
Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse hosts 'Radio Live - le jour d'après Egypte', an original documentary performance by Aurélie Charon and the Radio Live collective. Combining live testimonies, music, and video, this piece explores themes of reconstruction and transmission through the eyes of the Egyptian youth. Suitable for audiences aged 13 and up, the show is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Over two nights in November 2026, experience this unique hybrid of documentary theater and live radio. With a duration of 2:20, the performance captures the urgency of the present moment.
A vast documentary project unlike anything else in the history of live performance, Radio Live now unfolds in two new chapters, lived and written in Kyiv and Cairo. On stage, testimonies, dialogues, music, and images weave narratives shaped by the question of reconstruction.
For over ten years, Aurélie Charon has led a very unique project, situated between the challenges of documentary theater and the codes of live radio. Radio Live acts both as a portrait of generations and a long-term conversation about engagement and transmission, telling the story of the world through the accounts of young people experiencing its most violent upheavals. Each chapter invites two people onto the stage, their life journeys unfolding through dialogue, video, and music. With Vivantes (presented at Chaillot in April 2024), Nos vies à venir, and Réuni.es, the collective opened a new cycle of this fresco. The two "day after" chapters form the second phase, fueled both by the bonds forged with those involved for several years and the vitality of new encounters. Over the course of stays in Ukraine and Egypt, they exchange their stories, questioning their parents, their cities, and their languages. These filmed moments feed a collective logbook on stage, made of images, drawings, music, and words. Every night, their exchanges are reenacted, differently, in the urgency of the present. These new chapters presented at Chaillot address the themes of reconstruction and repair, in a political and proactive gesture: to be in movement, action, and creation to envision a common future.
Vincent Théval
Duration: 2h20
Category:
- Festival d'Automne à Paris 2026
- Meet the artists after the performance: Friday, November 6, 2026
- Documentary theater
- Music
- From age 13
- World premiere
Our take on this event
As part of the Festival d'Automne à Paris 2026, Aurélie Charon and the Radio Live collective present their latest documentary project. 'Radio Live - le jour d'après Egypte' weaves together personal narratives, dialogue, and music to examine the concepts of repair and rebuilding. This project, which blends the codes of live radio with documentary theater, shares the experiences of young people living through turbulent times, utilizing sketches, films, and live music to create a collective logbook.
Performances take place at Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse in the 16th arrondissement. You can attend on Friday, November 6, 2026, from 19:30 to 22:00, or Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 19:00 to 21:20. The production is open to viewers aged 13 and older. Additionally, a meeting with the artists is scheduled following the performance on Friday, November 6, 2026.
Ticket prices range from 10 to 25 euros. The venue provides full wheelchair access. This world premiere performance acts as a creative, political gesture aimed at imagining a shared future. Advance booking is advised for this 2:20 long experience.
