A show by Compagnie 14:20
Written by AragoRn Boulanger, Clément Debailleul, Valentine Losseau, Raphaël Navarro, Elsa Revol
Creation and direction by Clément Debailleul, Raphaël Navarro
Original music by Ibrahim Maalouf
With Marco Bataille-Testu, Aragorn Boulanger, Ingrid Estarque
Dramaturgy Valentine Losseau
Choreography Aragorn Boulanger
Lighting Elsa Revol
Administration Célia Galice Assistée de : Sabrina Chang Kuw
Set design Céline Diez
Stage management Khalil Bessaa, Thierry Debroas
Structure Willy Defresne, Bernard Painchault
With the help of Suzanne Barbaud, Zoé Bouchicot, Marion Galisson, Jérémie Quintin
Stage hand Théo Jourdainne
Costumes Elsa Battaglia
Electronic accessories: Antoine Meissonnier
Magic supplies Manon Dublanc
Sound creation Clément Debailleul
Set construction les ateliers de l'Opéra de Rouen

Production Cie 14:20 
Coproduction Théâtre national de Chaillot, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Scène nationale du Sud-Aquitain, Centre des arts d’Enghien-les-Bains – Scène conventionnée écritures numériques, Bonlieu – Scène nationale / Annecy, 2 Pôles Cirque en Normandie, La Brèche – Pôle national des arts du cirque de Normandie / Cherbourg, Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf, co-directed by the Théâtre national de Chaillot, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, accueil en résidence CIRCa – Pôle national des arts du cirque / Auch, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Centre des arts d’Enghien-les-Bains – Scène conventionnée écritures numériques, L’Idéal Théâtre / Tourcoing, Théâtre du Nord / Lille, CNAC – Centre national des arts du cirque
In partnership with ADB Lightings, École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre
With the support of the French Ministry of Culture and of  Communication – DGCA, of the DRAC Normandie, of the Normandie Region, du Conseil général de Seine-Maritime, de la Ville de Rouen, du DICREAM, de la SACD – Processus Cirque et de la SPEDIDAM
La Cie 14:20 is supported by the city of Rouen and the Normandy region. The show was created on 13 December 2013 with the Théâtre national de Chaillot at CENTQUATRE-PARIS

“A poetic miracle. Some of the scenes are stupefying in their beauty.” Le Figaro, Armelle Héliot, 9 May 2018

"Wade in The Water plunges its audience into a surreal atmosphere. AragoRn Boulanger floats in the air, as do the objects surrounding him. Fascinating.” Le Parisien, Sylvain Merle, 7 May 2018

“A powerful and unsettling show. Playing with light, the shadows, and optical illusions, bodies seems to levitate and create a visual fascination that can only be compared to poetic intensity.” La Terrasse, Isabelle Stibbe, 7 May 2018

“An ever-floating and fragile structure, obsessed with falling and disappearing, this show is very theatrical.” Télérama Sortir, Rosita Boisseau, 2 May 2018

“Under Raphaël Navarro and Clément Debailleul’s tent, the jugglers, magicians, and directors allow new magic to grow and find meaning. The mechanics of illusion and the optical phenomena, the manipulations of the real and the subterfuge regularly evoked by this artistic duo dismantle all of our bearings.” Le Monde, Gilles Renault, December 2016

“But if there is indeed a desire to leave the audience wide-eyed, the show—which is “unclassifiable”by (antiphrastic) definition—also seeks to move forward in theatrical writing (…). Wade in the Water gets its name from a famous Negro spiritual (…). We rejoice at the end of this sensory journey that plays out to the compositions of Ibrahim Maalouf.” Libération, Rosita Boisseau, December 2016

Founded in 2000 by Clément Debailleul and Raphaël Navarro, the 14:20 company has produced about twenty shows, performances, and visual installations: Solo S (2003), Vibrations (2009-2011), Notte (2010), Stormy Weather (2013), Nous, rêveurs définitifs [We, Definitive Dreamers] (2016), Wade in the Water (2016), and Faust (2018) at the Comédie Française.

The company runs La Boîte Noire, a laboratory for magical experimentation dedicated to research, innovation, training, and resources at the CNAC. For the past twelve years, it has offered professional training courses at this site. It also oversees courses in Magie Nouvelle at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT) and the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM). The company has participated in a variety of diverse collaborations and multidisciplinary encounters with Michel Butor, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Philippe Decouflé, Cirque du Soleil, Laurence Equilbey...

The creators of 14:20 have served as associate artists at the Centquatre-Paris since 2012 and have recently been named associate artists at the Théâtre du Rond-Point.