The Akté company performs “La lente et difficile agonie du crapaud buffle sur le socle patriarcal” (The Slow and Difficult Death Throes of the Buffalo Toad on the Patriarchal Pedestal) at Le Spot, in Sion. Performances take place on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 7 pm, as a Swiss premiere.
The story
The show reconstructs Alain Finkielkraut’s programme “Répliques”, broadcast on France Culture on 4 December 2021. That day, the philosopher Camille Froidevaux-Metterie and the essayist Jean-Michel Delacomptée debated relations between women and men.
It premiered in September 2023, at the Labo Victor Hugo in Rouen, then at the Théâtre des Bains-Douches in Le Havre. It then toured Normandy and the Théâtre du Train Bleu, in Avignon, in 2024 and 2025.
The Spot team discovered it at the 2025 Avignon Festival, among some fifteen shows seen in four days. It chose it for its 2026-2027 season.
Akté was founded in Le Havre in 2000. Anne-Sophie Pauchet and Arnaud Troalic run it together. The company works on writing that questions today’s world.
Who organises it
Le Spot, in Sion, hosts Akté Compagnie, from Le Havre.
What to find
A radio studio, three intellectuals and a discussion on relations between the sexes. The words, arguments, silences and tensions of the programme are replayed almost word for word, with the voices and gestures.
Directed by Anne-Sophie Pauchet, from an original idea by Julien Flament, Juliette Lamour and Anne-Sophie Pauchet, who perform the show. Original music by Juliette Richards, artistic collaboration by Arnaud Troalic.
Practical information
- Dates, Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November 2026
- Time, 7 pm
- Duration, 60 minutes
- Venue, Le Spot, Théâtre de Valère, rue du Vieux-Collège 22, 1950 Sion
- Price, 39, 25 or 15 francs
- Age, 14 and over
- Language, French
Links
- Official site, Le Spot, La lente et difficile agonie du crapaud buffle sur le socle patriarcal
- Tickets, Le Spot
- All events across French-speaking Switzerland, Genève Infos Agenda
Sources
- Le Spot, La lente et difficile agonie du crapaud buffle sur le socle patriarcal, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Guidle, La lente et difficile agonie du crapaud buffle, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Espace Jéliote, show file, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Espace Jéliote, show page, accessed on 14 November 2026
- Le Volcan, programme notes, accessed on 14 November 2026
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