My Republic and I - IWA Company

With his big smile, Issam invites us into the intimacy of a living room, around a mint tea, and tells us about his life: he is an actor, loves Molière, football and supports France and Morocco. In a simple setting – a red armchair, a transistor radio – he also tells us about his mother Malika, a veiled Moroccan woman, discreet and dignified, confronted with silence and prejudice.

Alone on stage, he gently and humorously embodies this maternal figure, and subtly questions our view of others, the Republic, and integration. Because My Republic and I is inspired by a very real incident to explore identity, cultural tensions, and transmission, between tender memories and childhood wounds. This sensitive and luminous story is as upsetting as it is unifying in a necessary and restorative moment of theater.

Text, direction and performance: Issam Rachyq-Ahrad.

Theater - From 10 years old.

Numbered placement.

Stage edge at the end of the performance.

With the support of OARA Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

https://mac-bischwiller.fr/agenda/ma-republique-et-moi/