A hotel room already has its entrances, objects and distances. With “Entrez sans frapper”, it also becomes a theatrical space. The company D’Aucuns Disent has announced a new series of performances at Les Trésoms in Annecy, between 13 November and 6 December 2026. The audience moves from one room to another, rather than watching the whole evening from the same seat.
This presentation is based on the organisers’ documents and on a published interview with Stéphanie Doche. We have not attended this edition: the aim is to explain its format and the conditions for visiting, not to attribute emotions or a stage success that we have not observed.
The spectator enters the setting
Stéphanie Doche and Pierre-Louis Lanier devised and wrote this project around a place not intended for theatre. In an interview with the FNCTA in September 2018, Doche described work on intimacy, confined space and the role of the gaze. The performers act out written situations without taking the visitors’ presence into account.
The hotel is therefore more than an unusual backdrop. Its rooms allow different lives to be juxtaposed, while the movements between them link the fragments. The 2018 interview sheds light on this founding intention; details of how it was organised then should not be taken as practical information for November 2026. Interview with Stéphanie Doche, FNCTA archives.
The difference from a traditional theatre comes down to a very practical question: where should you stand to watch? In a conventional theatre, the architecture already indicates a shared direction. In a room, the proximity of the bed, a door or a window gives the spectator a different relationship with the space. That is the principle proposed by this production; the sensations it creates are then a matter for each visitor.
Immersion does not necessarily mean participation
The word “immersive” may lead people to expect a role to play, a mystery to solve or improvised exchanges with the characters. The project presented here is based on a different convention: the audience observes, but the characters are meant to be unaware of its presence. This is not a visit to real rooms occupied by unsuspecting guests. The scenes are written and performed.
This distinction changes how the experience is approached. You can enter the setting of the fiction without becoming a character in it. The absence of a physical separation between stage and auditorium does not mean there are no rules. It shifts the boundary to a shared performance convention between performers and visitors.
The title invites you to cross a threshold; it obviously does not exempt you from following the team’s instructions. For anyone discovering theatre beyond the theatre building, this distinction is useful: the freedom to watch does not amount to the freedom to intervene in every scene. If the exact arrangements affect your visit, check them with the organisers.
Three options to distinguish
The official programme includes two routes, A and B, as well as a discovery route. Choosing solely on the basis of the time could mean missing an important difference: route A is explicitly stated to be accessible to people with reduced mobility and wheelchair users travelling independently. This information is not extended here to the other routes.
The discovery route is presented as neither A nor B. The tourist office lists a selection of seven short scenes from the seventeen that exist. It is therefore a distinct option, not a promise to see the entire programme.
The discovery route dates are Fridays 13 and 20 November 2026 at 18:30 and 20:30, then 27 November and 4 December at 18:30. Official programme for the discovery route.
Dates, prices and accessibility
For route A, performances are scheduled for Saturdays 14, 21 and 28 November and 5 December at 18:30 and 20:30; and Sundays 15, 22 and 29 November and 6 December at 15:00 and 17:00. Route A times and accessibility.
Route B is offered on the same weekend dates, at 19:00 and 21:00 on Saturdays, then at 15:30 and 17:30 on Sundays. The listings give a full price of 23 euros and a reduced price of 20 euros. The reduced price applies to members of D’Aucuns Disent, under-18s, students, jobseekers and RSA benefit recipients, on presentation of proof on the day of the performance. Route B times and conditions.
The announced venue is the hotel Les Trésoms, 15 boulevard de la Corniche, Annecy. Tickets are offered by the Lake Annecy Tourist Office and through its online ticket office. This information, checked on 6 November 2026, does not guarantee that a performance will still be available when you book.
Before choosing, it is best to check the route, time and access arrangements suited to your needs. For anyone unsure about being so close to the performers, asking how visitors are welcomed will be more useful than a general promise of immersion. The distinctive feature of “Entrez sans frapper” lies precisely here: making the spectator’s position part of the show, rather than just a number on a ticket.
