Le poids des fourmis

The state of the world weighs heavily on Jeanne and Olivier. She vandalizes ads. He dreams of his generation being burned like a marshmallow.now a school election is being organized as part of the - shamefully underfunded - Week of the Future.catalyzed by the hope that they can make a difference, the two face off in an election campaign conducted against a backdrop of fiery speeches, ninja expeditions, collusion and unicorn ost*e.

Both a hallucinatory political satire and an x-ray of our collective anxieties, The Weight of Ants juggles issues of citizen resistance and abuse of power. As exuberant as it is caustic, the play invites spectators to reflect on the weight they carry, but more importantly, the weight they possess in the face of the world.