Festival dates and location
The 13 Theatre stage directing festival will take place from November 2 to December 1, 2026, at the Glacière Theatre in Paris.Festival's 20th edition
This will be the 20th edition of the festival, which has been a platform for young creation and has revealed renowned stage directors such as Julie Deliquet, Pauline Bayle, Johanna Boyé, and Aïla Navidi.Increased budget and funding
The festival's overall budget has been multiplied by four, going from 25,000 euros to 100,000 euros, an evolution made possible by the will of Lucas Bonnifait, director of the 13 Theatre, to fully reinvest its subsidies in the service of artists.Simplified selection process
The process has been streamlined to retain only a single selection based on applications followed by a presentation of a model, thereby freeing up two weeks of residency on stage with full technical support for the six selected teams.Performance schedule and future programming
If the winning show benefits from a series of ten performances from November 2 to 14, the five other finalist companies also benefit from a programming of two dates each between November and December, now hosted in sessions. These shows will also be reprogrammed for two additional dates the following season.Training for young artists
The permanent team of the 13 Theatre provides training modules for young artists on the structural aspects of the profession, covering administration, distribution, production, communication, and relations with the public.Festival's vision
By fully establishing itself in this historic site, the festival intends to position itself as a "cocon" protective and unifying for young generations from all horizons.Winning show and its themes
07 83 63 54 73 by Célia Jaillet (Jury Prize Winner) will run from November 2 to 14, 2026. This winning show stages Cécile, a 21-year-old student and sex worker under the pseudonym of "Douce," who one day decides to abolish all her limits by unconditionally accepting the demands of her clients.Themes of feminist discourse
Mixing real messages received on telephone and tutelary figures such as Marina Abramovic or Nelly Arcan, the play questions the blind spots of contemporary feminist discourse. Carried by author and stage director Célia Jaillet, a student at the ENSATT and winner of the Artcena Prize, the play refuses easy catharsis to expose the opacity of a character who resists all victimization assignments.Digital influence on youth
The vibrations of glass by Igor Kovalsky will be performed on November 16 and 17, 2026. Written and staged by Igor Kovalsky, this second opus explores the influence of digital technologies and algorithms on youth.Post-traumatic awareness in the play
Through the journey of Kelly, a teenager whose screen time is controlled to maximize addiction and who is confronted with a morbid trend of self-mutilation promoted online, the play observes the post-traumatic awareness of a generation seeking reconnection with reality, grappling with the desert of the metaverse.Dystopian animal fable
Insects by Amanda Tedesco (Audience Prize) will be staged on November 19 and 20, 2026. Dystopian animal fable written in 2018 by Jô Bilac in Brazil and staged by Amanda Tedesco, this play transposes into an insect society (crickets, cockroaches, scarabs) the most burning political and social tensions of our time.Themes of domination and resistance
Between the rise of authoritarianism, fragile democracy, and the commodification of life around the vital resource represented by honey and eggs, the show questions the mechanisms of domination and resistance.Extraterrestrial encounters and philosophical themes
OVNI by Pauline Briand and Hugo Plassard will be performed on November 23 and 24, 2026. Born from research conducted by Ivan Viripaev in 2013 among seven witnesses of purported extraterrestrial encounters, this project staged by Pauline Briand and Hugo Plassard uses the register of science fiction as a philosophical allegory.Quest for the essential
Beyond the spacecraft, it is a quest for the essential, invoking ancient and spinozist thoughts to shake a world asleep in its consumerist illusions and existential fears.Queer fairy tale and chosen family
The taste of blue by Angèle Garnier will run from November 26 to 27, 2026. Contemporary queer and poetic fairy tale, this show written and staged by Angèle Garnier explores the salvific power of chosen families and friendship.Initiatory journey and community
The story follows Anna, whose romantic relationship with Violette dissolves under the weight of paternal illness, leading her on an initiatory and maritime journey into a community of women united by resilience and celebration.Drug addiction and family struggle
The Enclosure by Julien Gallix (NTA Prize - Nouveau Théâtre de l'Atalante) will be performed on November 30 and December 1, 2026. Inspired by an intimate and familial trajectory, Julien Gallix stages the struggle of Grégoire against a heavy addiction to hard drugs, and documents the emotional and material repercussions within a family of three brothers.Universal metaphysical questions
Between detoxification and family home, the show makes the stage the receptacle of universal metaphysical questions on contemporary unease.
