<p>In a country at war, a child soldier has managed to escape a military camp. She now goes to school. As she speaks with her teacher, Ismé’s past comes back to her in flashback. We learn about her past as a girl soldier, as well as the past of the children she fought with – more particularly that of Menka, who, after having been raped and having lost her first child, asked Ismé to take care of her second child.</p>

Giant marionette

Not specified

France

Saint-Christoly de Blaye

Blaye

Printed

Child soldier

Childhood

Rape

Religion

School

Motherhood

Birth

Dramatic

French

Teenager

Baby

Compartmented stage

Analepsis (Flash-back)

Off-stage voice

Address to the public

Monologue

Childbirth on stage

Ismé, l'enfant-soldat

Ismé, the child-soldier