Montansier Theater - Histoire de Bakhita

Tuesday 31 March 2026

20:30 to 21:45

Location : Théâtre Montansier

Destination

13 Rue des Réservoirs

78000

Versailles

GPS coordinates

Latitude : 48.808077

Longitude : 2.12423

A13 Paris-Rouen motorway, Versailles Château exit
Place d'Armes car park (opposite the château,
free from 7.30pm, 5 minutes from the Theatre).
Notre-Dame market car park (fee payable).

SNCF: Paris Saint-Lazare terminus
Versailles Rive Droite (10-minute walk)

SNCF: Paris Montparnasse, Versailles Chantiers stop
then Phébus bus line B, Réservoirs stop
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RER line C5, terminus
Versailles Rive Gauche (10-minute walk)

RER line C7, direction Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
stop Versailles Chantiers then bus Phébus line B, stop Réservoirs
- Phébus line B, Réservoirs stop
- Veolia line 1, Réservoirs stop
- RATP line 171, Château de Versailles stop

Event Organizer

Théâtre Montansier

Phone : +33 1 39 24 88 88

"Théâtre Montansier"

Location

Théâtre Montansier

13 Rue des Réservoirs

78000

Versailles

Théâtre Montansier

Presentation

Ravissement - Story of Bakhita - Theatre

Zianigo, Veneto. 1886.

When Bakhita meets Illuminato for the first time, she doesn't even look at him: she keeps her eyes downcast and her shoulders tucked in, like all the men she has met over the years.

When Illuminato meets Bakhita, he sees something he has never seen before: a black woman. And a slave.

When Bakhita met Illuminato for the second time, she dared to look up. Because that voice says nothing of anger, violence or even authority. Illuminato speaks to this young woman, the same words over and over, and it's as if he's talking to a wall.

There will be a third meeting, and then many more: these two have things to say to each other, despite the barriers of language and social status, religion and age, and the insurmountable barrier between their respective histories, for she has crossed Africa on foot, the desert on camelback and the sea in an ocean liner, amid so much violence that she cannot retrace her steps, while he has never left the land of his parents. No, really, they have nothing in common. And yet they will recognise each other as brother and sister.

Inspired by the true story of Bakhita (1869-1947), a young Sudanese slave whose path to liberation was extraordinary, Ravissement shows a friendship that becomes the cradle of a path of resilience. A show that plunges into the heart of a human and spiritual rebirth.