Passeport

Alexis Michalik is not only the most popular playwright and director of the decade, but also a brilliant chronicler of modern society. With *Passeport*, the theatre director – winner of five Molière Awards – tackles the sensitive issue of migration in a luminous and healing production. Is there room in our collective imagination for a different narrative about refugees? Issa, a young Eritrean, washes up in the Calais jungle, traumatised and suffering from amnesia following a violent attack. With his passport as the sole remnant of his identity, he embarks on a journey towards recognition, fraught with pitfalls but also marked by encounters and happy coincidences… Through a series of interwoven narratives featuring the sunny Arun, the moody Ali and Lucas, a police officer of Comorian origin assigned to migrant control, seven exceptional performers take on their roles on the fly, amidst moving sets and almost cinematic imagery. Paying tribute to his own heritage as an ‘invisible’ immigrant, Alexis Michalik takes a stand against the prevailing spirit of the times by portraying migration as a success story. A vivid passport to empathy.