Entre Parenthèses at CENTQUATRE-PARIS

Pauline Bureau's *Entre Parenthèses* is a powerful theatrical work that blends intimate personal journey with a police investigation. The play follows Alma, a woman who receives a call from the juvenile brigade about a sexual assault she suffered 30 years ago, propelling her on a long path to awareness. It tells the story of a child without words and a woman who finds them, aided by a psychiatrist transforming victim care.

The production features a remarkable video work and a stage design that simultaneously renders a mental landscape in reconstruction and a meticulous police inquiry. Bureau, an artist-complice at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, continues her exploration of the links between the intimate and the political. The piece also gives voice to 72 girls who filed complaints and 19 women testifying in court, their words finally heard.

Presented at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS in the 19th arrondissement, this venue is a space for residencies, production, and diffusion for artists from around the world. Its programming is resolutely popular, contemporary, and demanding, drawing from pop rock, electro, chanson, world, classical, and contemporary music. *Entre Parenthèses* is a free adaptation of Adélaïde Bon's story *La Petite fille sur la banquise*.