absent·e pour
le moment

The company Absent.e pour le moment works on the theories and practices of resistance in Black diasporas, on colonialism and its contemporary repercussions, as well as on migration and future narratives.

It prioritizes collective, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged creation, and regularly invites artists, activists (feminist, queer, anti-racist, pro-environmental), and non-professional theatre participants with diasporic experiences to collaborate depending on the projects being developed.

The first creation, Vielleicht (2022), explores questions of Afro-descendant identity, colonial memory, and repair within European urban spaces. It documents the mobilizations of African and Afro-German associations to change three street names honoring colonizers in the “African Quarter” in Berlin, intertwining this with (auto)biographical narratives performed by actors Cédric Djedje and Safi Martin Yé. Premiered at the Grütli in November 2022, the production has accumulated more than fifty performances in eleven theatres, including Vidy in Lausanne, the Schaubühne in Berlin, the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, and the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris.

For the 2025–2028 period, the company is developing two new creations: Loin des yeux, près du cœur and C’est beaucoup de petits poissons. Both works share a participatory creative approach, privileging research and writing through a series of workshops and residencies that bring together the perspectives and experiences of activists, researchers, and non-professionals. Continuing the work begun with Vielleicht, we examine questions of “commons” and social justice through the specific lens of Black diasporic conditions and from its multiple territories.