Theatre · film · transatlantic creation
Compagnie Aurélien Recoing creates works in which text, body and image open a passage between memory and the present.
Now
From Greek myth to 1965 America, two women face an irreversible choice. Phèdre & Madison forms a flexible diptych conceived for France, Quebec and the United States.
First part · revival — 2027–2028 season
Passion as a final work of art.
In Yánnis Rítsos’s deceptive soliloquy, Phaedra addresses Hippolytus and confronts herself. Directed by Ann-Sophie Archer and Aurélien Recoing, the production makes words, bodies, images and music almost tangible.
Madison — balcony scenographic studySecond part · new production — 2027–2028 season
Four days, an entire life.
Iowa, August 1965. Francesca meets Robert and glimpses the life she might have lived. This stage adaptation focuses the story on one choice: what does it mean to stay once desire has revealed another possible existence?
One evening, two performances, one question:
“What remains of us when the choice that defines us can no longer be undone?”
In development
The company’s current projects across theatre, film and transatlantic creation.
A cross-disciplinary project for stage and screen
Screenplay and presentation materials
First feature film · presentation dossier
A play by Sam Azulys · production in development
French- and English-language project · international development
Series concept in development
A play by Sam Azulys · director’s note
A stage work exploring artificial intelligence
All creations
The archive is not an accumulation: it opens each creation through a clear chronology and selected sources. Linked historical pages remain available in their original French.
American reading recorded in 2023. Restoration and final review are still in progress.
A 24-minute experimental fiction, Aurélien Recoing’s first film as director.
After Herman Melville, at the Théâtre de Belleville.
Created at the Studio-Théâtre de la Comédie-Française, 2011–2012 season.
A play by Raymond Lepoutre, at the Théâtre de la Commune.
By Fernando Pessoa, at the Théâtre de la Commune.
By Paul Claudel, created at the Odéon–Théâtre de l’Europe.
Previous website archive
Historical pages remain available during the migration.
The company
Compagnie Aurélien Recoing continues an artistic adventure pursued for many years under different names.
Today it develops live performance, film, education and outreach projects between France and North America. The company’s research, begun with Antoine Vitez, places the actor at the centre and invites image, sound and light to become partners in performance.
Professional dossier
A single gateway to credits, press, photography, video and the latest artistic dossiers.
Original French documents
English translations are presented first; the French source documents remain available here.
Partners & productions
