Founded in 1981, L’Oiseau-Mouche is a one-of-a-kind permanent theatre company made up of twenty professional actors living with intellectual or psychological disabilities—all employed under permanent contracts. Twelve of them will participate in these sessions, which will combine text exploration, image-based work, on-camera acting, and stage experimentation.

The first session will take place in June 2025 at the FARE – Fabrique Artistique, Recherche et Expérimentation – and will focus on textual and performance work led by Cyril Teste and actors Lou Martin-Fernet and Vincent Berger (known for their roles in Festen, The Seagull, Sur l’autre rive). A first introduction to on-camera performance will also be part of the process.

Further sessions throughout 2025/2026 will deepen the work with the arrival of the sound and video creators from the Collectif MxM. The actors of L’Oiseau-Mouche will be invited to explore the collective’s signature devices: shadow, ghost, and other sensitive visual forms.

By supporting these workshops with L’Oiseau-Mouche and Cyril Teste, the Francis Kurkdjian Endowment Fund helps open an inclusive creative space where actors with intellectual or psychological disabilities explore acting, image, and video—embodying an accessible, rigorous, and deeply human art.