Cerebro

by Compagnie du Faro

Part guru, part life coach, Matthieu Villatelle works with the audience to devise Cerebro, a (fake) personal development programme that will enable them to reveal their true potential. Based on this fictional account, they are invited to try out Cerebro's revolutionary methods and, together, dismantle the mechanisms of persuasion and manipulation at work. An invitation to awaken our vigilance.

"If you don't know how your brain works, others will know how to make it work for you.

Co-written and directed by Kurt Demey (Évidences inconnues, Garden of chance), Cerebro uses magic to question our relationship with authority, belief and reality.

Productions and endorsements

Concept, set design and performance : Matthieu Villatelle
Directed and co-written by : Kurt Demey
Outside view : Marien Tillet
Sound design : Chkrrr (David Gubitsch and Jérôme Bensoussan)
Lighting design : Yann Struillou
Stage management on tour : Yann Struillou or Tom Dekel
Graphics : Damien Cazeils
Coproduction : La Villette, ECAM - Théâtre du Kremlin-Bicêtre, the Flemish Community
With the support of : l'Espace Périphérique, l'Echalier et l'Hectare - Scène conventionnée de Vendôme, le Silo de Méréville, la Ferme du Buisson - Scène nationale de Noisiel, Animakt, la ville de Boussy-Saint-Antoine. The DRAC Île-de-France is supporting the project through a regional residency in schools.