Infos pratiques
Location
Studio Varia
Duration
1 hour 20 minutes
Languages
Français
Prices

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€10 / €13 / €17 / €22 / €27

Public
Ages 16 and over
Accessibility
pmr
10—18.12.2026

The Call of the Mutants

Lucile Charnier &
La FACT

As part of the

CRUSH
Singing
Theater
Performance
Première Bruxelloise

A funny and heart-warming one-woman show that playfully explores – with incredible tenderness – the unspoken truths surrounding the onset of illness within a family.

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Summary

In the Jura, where Lucile grew up, folklore is very much alive. People dress up, sing, dance and savour local specialities. But when it comes to talking about life’s essential matters, it is the unspoken truths that take centre stage… Alone on stage, Lucile Charnier draws on her personal story – the silence surrounding a loved one’s cancer – to explore the role of denial within family dynamics. With a gentle, lucid and sensitive gaze, she reveals the unspeakable love hidden behind the taboo.  

Blending performance, dance and song, L’appel des mutantes is a joyful and poetic work of autofiction where eras, places and people—both living and departed—intersect. From love left unsaid to unexpected forms of language, this one-woman show explores everything that plays out on the fringes of words when they have been silenced, whether out of modesty or tradition. It instils in us the urgency to reclaim new imaginaries so that we may view illness with gentleness and better integrate it into our lives.  

In the run-up to the show, Lucile Charnier led workshops on the voice at the Institut Bordet, working with oncology patients. L’appel des mutantes is a tribute to their voices, which have blended together, resonating with the experience of cancer through beauty and joy. By playfully exploring our flight from reality and our little compromises with the real world, the writer, director and actress reminds us that, in the face of life’s difficulties – the fear of death, grief – there is always room for laughter. 

As part of the CRUSH festival.

Cast

Written, conceived and performed by Lucile Charnier 

Artistic collaboration and direction Jessica Gazon 

Artistic collaboration and dramaturgy: Céline Estenne 

Set design: Marie Menzaghi 

Lighting: Lou Van Egmond 

Sound: Laure Lapel 


Costumes: Marie Artamonoff Costume production: Atelier du Théâtre du Liège, M. Artamonoff 

Logistics and care assistant: Lauriane Jaouan 

Stage management and lighting operator Yorrick Detroy 

Sound operator: Selma Raphard-Ayadi 

Care support staff: Angèle Baux Godard, Hélène Beutin 

Credits

Produced by Théâtre de Namur, TaxShelter 

Co-production by La FACT, Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre Varia  

With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation – Theatre Department, La Maison Poème, Le Bamp, MoDul asbl, Le Château de Monthelon  

Tour dates

The CCN / Namur Cultural Centre (Namur, BE) 24 November to 28 November 2026
The Théâtre de Liège (Liège, BE) 2 December to 5 December 2026
Varia – Théâtre & Studio (Brussels, BE) 10–12 December, then 15–18 December 2026 

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