Les Enfants du Désordre

Les Enfants du Désordre: Theatre That Shakes Up Certainties

Since 2013, La Ferme du Buisson has dedicated two weeks every autumn to a contemporary theatre festival of rare intensity. Les Enfants du Désordre brings together artists who revisit classics, invent their own dramaturgies, and explore the most intimate and political territories of the human condition. This highlight of the national stage of Marne-la-Vallée has established itself as a major event in Île-de-France theatre.

A Laboratory for Theatrical Creation

The programming of Les Enfants du Désordre oscillates between established directors and young, rising creators. Each edition offers around seven to ten shows over two weeks, mixing text-based theatre, performance forms, choreographic pieces, and multidisciplinary creations. The festival has hosted remarkable companies and artists such as Les Chiens de Navarre, Mohamed El Khatib, Igor Mendjisky, Mélanie Martinez Llense, and the Collectif 18.3.

Themes That Resonate with the Times

Each edition is built around a thematic thread that runs through the shows: family, love, madness, utopia, revolt, identity. These universal questions are carried by demanding contemporary writing, inventive staging, and an artistic commitment that refuses lukewarmness. The festival interrogates the world as it is, with its violence and beauty, its absurdities and hopes.

A Festival Rooted in an Exceptional Venue

La Ferme du Buisson, with its multiple performance spaces—from the grand theatre to more intimate areas—offers an ideal setting for this diversity of theatrical forms. The audience can attend multiple shows, participate in meetings with artists, and experience complete immersion in contemporary stage creation. The festival pass encourages this discovery approach by making access to several shows particularly affordable.

A Springboard for Young Creation

Les Enfants du Désordre plays an essential role in highlighting directors who, a few years later, grace the stages of major national theatres. The festival fully embraces its role as a pioneer, offering valuable visibility to artists whose work deserves to be shared with the widest possible audience. It is an act of faith in the vitality of contemporary French theatre.