A theater on the Plateau de Saclay
La Scène de Recherche is a 160-seat modular performance hall on the Saclay plateau, at the heart of ENS Paris-Saclay.
It offers cutting-edge cultural programming exploring social and scientific themes: ecology, artificial intelligence, gender, new technologies, agro-industry...
It enables artists to exchange ideas and work with researchers to enrich each other's work and open up new perspectives.
For the 23/24 and 25/26 seasons, three artists are associated with the Scène de recherche: Charlotte Lagrange, Vincent de Lavenère and Julie Timmerman.
Located in a state-of-the-art university environment, it runs the ARRC (Année de Recherche en Recherche-Création) training program and offers various workshops for students and staff of the Université Paris-Saclay throughout the season.
Practical informations
TICKET INFO
This season, the Scène de recherche is simplifying rates to make you want to come back and see shows even more!
- For students from kindergarten to PhD (upon presentation of proof) ► free of charge
- For all other spectators ► €10
All our shows, even the free ones, require reservations!
We therefore advise you to take your tickets in advance on our online ticketing service.
A box office is also open every performance evening.
How do I get there?
The Scène de recherche is located in the garden of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay in Gif-sur-Yvette.
Access is via the ENS entrance at 4 avenue des Sciences.
The Scène de recherche is accessible to people with reduced mobility, and can be reached by elevator from the lobby.
Come and have a drink at Les Passerelles
La Scène de recherche is inaugurating its own bar: Les Passerelles ("footbridge/link", because, you'll see, it's right in front of the theatre... between two footbridges)!
At Les Passerelles, you'll be offered a glass of cider, wine or juice, as well as a selection of delicacies made in France, on presentation of your ticket: just one more reason to come to the theater !
Find your next favorite book at the Lagiraf bookshop
Every evening of the show, our comrades from the Lagiraf bookshop set up shop with us to offer you a fine selection of books related to our shows.
Librairie Lagiraf
29 mail Pierre Potier
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
A theater on the Plateau de Saclay
"This theater is a happy Tower of Babel, where several languages are spoken, where confrontations between disciplines, translations and passages between the performing arts and the sciences are attempted, where we can see far ahead and consider the great questions of our time from a different angle. Here, fiction meets sound, bodies, images and materials to better understand and feel the subjects that torment and fascinate us.
This season explores three themes: Openings - Earth! - Deceit and TurbineIn each of these sequences, works of research dialogue with shows for the general public, like so many different ways of approaching these interrogations.For this Tower of Babel is not an ivory tower.Its doors are wide open.This theater is a place of instruction and pleasure at the service of all of you.
Together, professional and amateur artists, scientists, staff, students and residents who make up the diverse people of the Plateau de Saclay, let's build this open, unique and exciting place !"
Ulysse Baratin, Director of la Scène de recherche
The team
Director
Ulysse BARATIN
Head of administration and coordination
sophia.lahlil [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Sophia LAHLIL)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
In charge of coordination and production
kenza.gharbi [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Kenza GHARBI)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
Administrative and Financial Manager
wardat.mohamed [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Wardat MOHAMED)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
Public Relations and Communications Manager
gaelle.hilaire [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Gaëlle HILAIRE)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
Cultural action manager
alice.defloraine [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Alice DEFLORAINE)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
General stage director
johan.blanc [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Johan BLANC)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
Stage manager
lucas.bessiere [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Lucas BESSIÈRE)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
Academic coordinator
volny.fages [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr (Volny FAGES)rel=" noopener" target="_blank"
Thanks to :
Fanny Athané, Christian Bessy, Morgane Chymisz, Grace Ilunga, Tristan Ingrao, Clément Lafargue, Claire Lambard, Stéphanie Le Jallé, Ulrica Nsilou Boutsindi et les technicien·nnes intermittent·tes du spectacle.
Associate artists
For the next two seasons, three artists will be associated with Scène de recherche.
They will write, create and direct on stage, and work alongside the team on various cultural projects.
Charlotte Lagrange
Author, director and playwright trained at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Charlotte Lagrange founded the La Chair du Monde company in 2011.
Through her work, she seeks to question politics through the intimate, placing the human being and his or her feelings at the heart of her creations.
This season, she presents :
Une Place dépeuplée
L’araignée
Vincent de Lavenère
A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts du Cirque (CNAC) with a passion for music, Vincent de Lavenère has developed the art of musical juggling. His company Chant de Balles works in collaboration
with mathematicians to theorize this discipline, between
this discipline, in between performances on prestigious
prestigious stages.
Living in Gif-sur-Yvette, Vincent is also involved in the cultural life of the area.
This season, he presents :
Suites pour jonglerie et violoncelle
Jonglerie musicale, automates et combinatoire
Julie Timmerman
After starting out in film, Julie Timmerman joined the Théâtre du Campagnol and then the École régionale d'acteurs de Cannes.
With her company Idiomecanic Theatre, she writes, performs and directs plays that, inspired by Brecht's theories, awaken consciences by revealing the subterfuges of discourse that deceive and maintain us in illusion.
by revealing the subterfuges of discourse that deceive and delude us.
This season, she presents :
ZOÉ
La Vie de Galilée
Un démocrate
