In the Petit Théâtre de la Maison de la Culture in Papeete, laughter echoes. Nadine, Irmine, and Madjoula have traveled from Moorea. The three friends are not unnoticed. Madjoula laughs heartily. However, a few moments later, emotion takes over. On stage, Mary-Tahra recounts a painful experience: her cancer, diagnosed in December 2013. "At first, I couldn't laugh, because when I saw that the treatments were very difficult, I thought: 'this is horrible.' And after that, I started to invent stories. I told myself: 'laugh, it's better this way, it will lift your spirits'," the actress says, who took several months to be able to laugh about her illness. The banker, the funeral directors... and a lot of self-deprecation. Already familiar with the entertainment world, Mary-Tahra has chosen to transform her journey into a solo show. She portrays a gallery of characters: her banker, insurance employees, people on the phone... even funeral directors. "They wanted to sell me coffins for 12,500 euros," she recalls. That is nearly 1.5 million Pacific francs. Behind these absurd situations, she points out a reality: cancer does not stop at the hospital doors. It also enters into bank accounts, insurance contracts, and life plans. Buying a house, an apartment, borrowing money, preparing for the future... All these steps can become complicated during or after the illness. However, continuing to make plans is also about keeping hope and giving oneself reasons to move forward. In France, the right to forget allows, under certain conditions, not to declare an old cancer to your insurer five years after the end of treatment, without relapse. In the fenua, the applicable protections depend on the legal framework and the concerned contracts and merit to be specified. Nearly 1,000 new cancers per year in the fenua. In Polynesia, an average of 963 new cancers were diagnosed each year between 2019 and 2021. Breast cancer remains the most frequent among women: 228 new cases were recorded in 2022. It can also affect men, although this remains rare. On the occasion of October Rose, screening is at the heart of prevention messages. Since February 2026, women aged 45 to 74 can benefit from a mammogram fully covered every two years, within the organized program. Care is also progressing, with new treatments and specialized follow-up in the fenua. However, some care still requires medical evacuation, sometimes far from loved ones. "You have to take the time to live." In the audience, William had not really planned to come. It was his wife who convinced him. Arrived somewhat reluctantly, this tall man finally shed a few tears. "She made us laugh and also made us think a lot. You have to take the time to live," he says. Already performed in France, notably in Avignon and Paris, as well as in Morocco, La Constellation du Cancer is making its first appearance in Tahiti, at the initiative of the Institut du Cancer de Polynésie française, with the support of Rideau Rouge Tahiti. After two performances on October 6 and 7, a new session is planned for Saturday, October 10 at 4:30 p.m., at the Petit Théâtre de la Maison de la Culture in Papeete. Mary-Tahra, she wants to emphasize the importance of screening: "Especially, self-examination, mammogram... take care of yourself." Because although cancer is part of her story, she refuses to let it have the last word. The young author and actress Ritchelle Estimable plunges us into the mind of a content creator, a victim of revenge porn. With her first play, Les Mirages de l'algorithme, she wants to raise awareness about the excesses of social networks and cybersexual violence. She will be on stage this Saturday at the Joseph Ho-Ten-You cultural space in Rémire-Montjoly. The Reunion company "Qu’avez-vous fait de ma bonté ?" plays "Ne quittez pas !", a play mixing theater, music, dance for a rare love story... Nicolas Givran and Chloé Lavaud-Almar, interpreters of this performance, speak about its creation in "L’Oreille est hardie". After being performed in June by young people at the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Cultural and Sports Center, Morues ! is available in book form since August 31. The play retraces several eras of the history of Saint-Pierre through objects found in the house of a deceased grandmother. The Swiss publishers Eclectica have printed 200 copies. Édouard Montoute returns to the forefront of the stage after, he says, "a desert crossing." The comedian of Guyanese origin was in the cast of the play "Dumas, the pen and the sword" during the last Avignon OFF Festival, where "L’Oreille est hardie" met him. Confidences, with sincerity, about his journey and his projects... Kannari is a Creole comedy about the intimacy of a family, where Friday meals become the setting for identity debates, tensions, complicity, and revelations. A play in which Jocelyne Beroard is part of the cast. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni: a teacher injured at Tell Éboué, two students arrested at Cécile Cheviet. This Friday, October 9, a teacher was injured after a firecracker was thrown at the Eugénie Tell Éboué middle school. At Cécile Cheviet, two young people were arrested. The two schools closed in the afternoon. Tamatoa Perez, coffee guest: "Today, it's practically all year that we train." J-2 before the start of the Molokai Hoe race. A crossing of more than 60 kilometers between the islands of Molokai and Oahu, through the dreaded Kaʻiwi channel. Last year, Team OPT won ahead of Shell Va'a. This year, 104 teams will be at the starting line. To talk about it, Tamatoa Perez, trainer and pioneer of the Polynesian paravara team, was the coffee guest on the morning radio show with Corinne Tehetia. Entre deux rives by director Chloé Brebonne takes us from the shores of the Oyapock to those of the Maroni, passing through the coast, with the Cachine family, composed of Teko and Wayana.