The Caen CCN has chosen to welcome 8 creative teams this year for creative projects spanning over the course of 12 to 14 weeks in the framework of the “accueil studio” residency program supported by the Ministry of Culture. Rehearsals open to the public free of charge are a major highlight of the residencies, since they allow artists to showcase their work in progress.
What’s on
Rehearsals open to the public
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Katerina Andreou & Mélissa Guex
le January 23, 2026
Show : SHOUT TWICE
After Bless This Mess, her first group piece created in 2024, Katerina Andreou teams up with Mélissa Guex again for a duet which resonates with and channels the energy of screaming and shouting. Instead of shouting separately, both choreographers work to …
Marie-Pierre Brébant & Gabriel Gauthier
le February 26, 2026
Show : The Dark
A one-act, one-voice and one-instrument opera, The Dark transforms a young critic’s review into a temporal flurry. Marie-Pierre Brébant, a musician who works regularly with other performing arts, and author-performer Gabriel Gauthier are working on an opera about the creative process itself. A critic …
Maud Blandel
le April 2, 2026
Show : Trois Guinées / Three Guineas (working title)
In her next piece, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s 1938 essay, Maud Blandel explores satire and grotesque to question the motives and mechanisms of war. Following in the footsteps of the British author who investigated the connections between war and the patriarchy …