Upcoming:
Penelope, The Weaving of Fate — dance performance on the beach at Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, as part of the Matrimoine Days, Sunday, September 20 at 3:00 p.m.
Wait, Penelope... — a duo exhibition with Annie Lenoir at Espace Michel Frérot, Thaon, September 25–27, 2026.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid and Apuleius, with the Métamorphoses Association, Bretteville-sur-Odon, 2027.
Abysses, group exhibition with the Dire Autrement collective, La Bouée, Cherbourg, 2027.
The Sisters of Oedipus
At the twilight of a world that seems to be nearing its end, four sisters come together to solve a riddle that no one has ever been able to name. Between prophecies, memories, visions, and fragments of poetry, their dialogue becomes a dizzying quest for truth, love, lineage, and destiny.
Inspired by the myth of Oedipus yet deeply original, the play does not tell the story of the familiar heroes: instead, it finally gives a voice to those who had remained in the shadows. Written in a symbolist and musical language, The Sisters of Oedipus transforms the ancient myth into a sensitive meditation on what it means to seek the light when the world is wavering.
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A few photos from the staging of The Sisters of Oedipus, written and directed by Léna h. Coms, at the MDE in Caen during the Fous de la Rampe festival in March 2010.
Many thanks to the actresses, actors, and technicians who were willing to play along—even without understanding everything—and who were absolutely wonderful. Photo credit: Dominique Voquer.
A little analysis (if you didn’t understand a thing)
The Sisters of Oedipus features four women—Athalie, Isis, Prius, and Jaspée—each carrying a form of suffering connected to men, desire, motherhood, and guilt. Gathered around a mysterious riddle, they seek to understand their destiny and the male figure who seems to lie at its origin. Over the course of a symbolic day, from dawn to dusk, the four sisters attempt to find the answer to this enigma.
At the twilight of a world that seems to be nearing its end, four sisters come together to solve a riddle that no one has ever been able to name. Between prophecies, memories, visions, and fragments of poetry, their dialogue becomes a dizzying quest for truth, love, lineage, and destiny.
Inspired by the myth of Oedipus yet deeply original, the play does not tell the story of the familiar heroes: instead, it finally gives a voice to those who had remained in the shadows. Written in a symbolist and musical language, The Sisters of Oedipus transforms the ancient myth into a sensitive meditation on what it means to seek the light when the world is wavering.
What strikes one first is the shift in perspective. Rather than following Oedipus or the male figures of the tragedy, the play creates a female chorus in which each sister embodies a different way of thinking, feeling, and sensing reality. They do not possess the truth: they pursue it together.
The writing belongs more to symbolist theatre than to classical tragedy. The characters speak through images, repetitions, and metaphors; meaning gradually reveals itself, as in the works of Maeterlinck or Claudel. The spoken word does not explain the world: it attempts to draw near to it.
Finally, the play explores a deeply contemporary theme beneath its mythological framework: how can one inherit a destiny without becoming its prisoner? Here, the myth of Oedipus becomes less a matter of fate than a territory in which women reinvent their own story, making sisterhood a genuine philosophical and poetic force.