Dark, daring and wickedly funny, L’Indiscipline is set to shock and delight audiences when it makes its English-language premiere at London’s Voila! Theatre Festival this November. This biting new satire takes a scalpel to 19th-century medicine, turning science into spectacle and laughter into something disturbingly real.

1. A Twisted Glimpse into Medical History

Set during one of Dr Jean-Martin Charcot’s infamous lectures at the Salpêtrière asylum, L’Indiscipline pulls audiences into a world where medicine meets madness. Charcot’s star patient fails to appear, forcing his assistant, Tourette, to improvise — and the lecture spirals into a grotesque performance of control, hysteria, and misplaced genius.

2. A True Story Too Strange to Believe

The events may sound like fiction, but they’re rooted in fact. The play revisits a disturbing chapter of medical history where the suffering of women was put on display in the name of science. Through dark comedy and biting irony, L’Indiscipline exposes how spectacle, exploitation and power once shaped medicine — and how echoes of that continue today.

3. A Festival Favourite Goes International

After a successful world premiere at the OFF Festival in Avignon, this will be the play’s first time performed in English. The London run will take place at Theatro Technis @ 26 Crowndale Road, NW1, as part of Voila! Theatre Festival on 14 and 15 November 2025, with a press night on 14 November. Tickets and details are available via voilafestival.co.uk/events/lindiscipline.

4. The Team Behind the Madness

Created by Michal Vojtech, Pierre Albert Ollivier, and Ariel de la Garza, L’Indiscipline is a collaboration that fuses meticulous research with theatrical experimentation. The show is directed by Ariel de la Garza Davidoff and Ilya Wray, featuring performances from Sacha Augeard, Fabio Goutet, Daniela Hirsh, Clément Jarrige, and Raphael Ruiz, with live music by Nathan Saudek and design by Noemi Fintor, Oscar Godfrey, and Thomas Sandler.

5. Critical Acclaim for Threepenny Collective

The company’s previous work has earned glowing reviews, with critics calling it “packed with wit and engaging all through” (North West End UK ★★★★) and “bold, funny, and emotionally intelligent” (Ikon London Magazine). With L’Indiscipline, Threepenny Collective continues its mission to create provocative, intelligent theatre that challenges the boundaries of performance and power.

Prepare for a night of macabre laughter and unsettling brilliance — L’Indiscipline promises to be one of the most talked-about shows of the Voila! Festival.

For more details and tickets, visit voilafestival.co.uk/events/lindiscipline.