Rehearsal period
2–13 November 2025 —
Cirque sans noms · Creation 2026
Pain d'chien
A visual circus production by Cirque sans noms, with five artists under a big top.
Presentation
In a small sealed big top, five versatile artists shape a performance experienced like a memory of circus from another time. Tangled garlands, clouds of smoke, cracking whips, flying knives and piles of newspapers set the scene. Characters with enigmatic names then appear, alongside puppets, magic, a violin and singing tubes. A singular world gradually unfolds, close to silent cinema, filled with mischief and old stage tricks, where poetry is always close at hand.
Work in progress
Residency sharing — Pain d’chien
16 September 2025 — Boulazac Isle Manoire · Boulazac Isle Manoire
Residency and rehearsals in Boulazac
15–16 September 2025 — Boulazac Isle Manoire · Boulazac Isle Manoire
Upcoming dates
Pain d'chien — Nexon
2–4 October 2026 — Nexon ·
Tickets soon
Pain d'chien — Festival Circa
17–22 October 2026 — Chapiteau — Parc de la Boubée · Auch ·
Past dates (5)
Pain d'chien — Le Mans fait son Cirque
27–31 May 2026 — La Promenade — chapiteau · Le Mans ·
Pain d'chien — Festival MARTO (school and community performance)
10, 13, 14 and 15 March 2026 — Espace Cirque · Antony ·
Pain d'chien — Un Chapiteau en Hiver
24, 26 and 27 January 2026 — Chapiteau — Esplanade des Terres Neuves · Bègles ·
Pain d'chien — Premieres
13–16 January 2026 — Espace chapiteau — Plaine de Lamoura · Boulazac Isle Manoire ·
Pain d'chien — Preview
15–16 November 2025 — Aire des Loisirs · Frontignan-la-Peyrade ·
Cast
- Performers
- Amandine Morisod, Yann Grall, Johann Candoré, Kayan Boukhliq
- Music
- Kévin Laval
- Writing and direction
- Cirque sans noms
Creation and technical team
- Stage management
- Steve Duprez, Nicolas Flacard
- Set construction
- Luc Grall, Jordane Terpant
- Lighting design
- Mathieu Bureau
- Production manager
- Tiphaine Verlhac
Partners
Production
- Cirque sans noms
Coproductions
- Agora — Pôle National Cirque, Boulazac
- Circa — Pôle National Cirque, Auch
- L'Azimut — Pôle National Cirque en Île-de-France, Antony / Châtenay-Malabry
- Le Plongeoir — Pôle National Cirque, Le Mans
- CREAC — Cité Cirque, Bègles
- OARA — Office Artistique de la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Le Prato — Pôle National Cirque, Lille
- La Verrerie d'Alès — Pôle National Cirque Occitanie
Residencies
- Le Plongeoir — Cité du Cirque, Pôle National Cirque, Le Mans
- Circa — Pôle National Cirque, Auch
- L'Azimut — Pôle National Cirque en Île-de-France
- Agora — Pôle National Cirque, Boulazac
- Ville de Frontignan-la-Peyrade
Support
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine
