Compagnie Falinga

Company Falinga was set up in 2000 in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, by the actor, play writer and theatre director Etienne Minoungou.

The essential idea behind Company Falinga is that it keeps the traditional aesthetic values as a base while opening up to contemporary and experimental forms of theatre. It achieves this goal by focusing on three essential axes: creation, training and research. 

The core of the Company’s artistic research concerns the theme of oral tradition, an essential element in the African culture.

Since its creation in 2000, Company Falinga, has offered contemporary theatrical creations with “La République danse” (2001) and “Madame je vous aime” (2002), while exploring the classical repertoire with pieces as “Richard III” (2004) from William Shakespeare.

The main activity of the Company is the Récréâtrales (created in 2002), which is the only existing platform in Africa for professional African theatre artists to meet, train and present.

The Company Falinga has through its creations and projects become one of the most important actors in the theatre domain of Burkina Faso. It has created a network of artistic partners in over twenty countries in Africa.

Through this network, the company has decided to put in place in 2007 a think tank on culture in Africa, named the African Coalition for Culture, whereby artists and intellectuals from the continent reflect on the policies of culture.

In 2006 Company Falinga created the Fédération du Cartel with the aim to professionalize the administration and management of the Company’s projects and create a synergy of action with three other theatrical partner companies.

Etienne Minoungou (Director of Compagnie Falinga) eminoungou@hotmail.com

Link to article on the Power of Culture on support for Les recreatrales

 

 

 

 

 

Network Partnerships

The Prince Claus Fund has an extensive international network of individuals and organisations. With a select number of organisations that are active in various cultural fields around the world, the Fund has forged formal long term agreements to work together.

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