LE PROJET

In 50 years of life, you have time to go through a lot. We grow, we discover ourselves, we go through phases, we evolve. And then, with time, we find ourselves again.

TJPIt's not just three random letters one after the other. It's a historic acronym, well known in Strasbourg and beyond, and it means one thing: Theater for Young Audiences. This was André Pomarat's vision, and it's a precious legacy. 

Like him, we sincerely believe that childhood is in all of us, and that being young is not just a passing state. Childhood isn't just a condition we leave behind when we grow up; it's a treasure we're born with, which life all too often robs us of. 

But there's one place where she's never disappeared: the stage.

Because theater crystallizes all the qualities that make a person a child. It's a place of intelligence and body language, where gestures speak louder than words. It's a place where cultures and disciplines can meet without prejudice. It's a place of immediacy, where things are expressed in a visceral, almost animal way. And finally, it's the place of the imaginary, where stories have no limits other than those we set for them.

For all these reasons, we want to reaffirm the TJP's identity. It's not just a theater for the youth, it's a theater for all those we go through at every stage of our lives. It's theater for children, who look at the world with eyes still untouched by judgment. It's theater for schoolchildren, who are looking for a place for their imaginations in a world that's becoming increasingly real. It's a theater for teenagers, who are still wondering if they're in the right place.iels to become adults or not. It's a theater for adults, who may be mourning the loss of their childhood. And it's a theater for retirees, who at last rediscover the childlike pleasure of dreaming their lives as they see fit.