Cie La Dérouillée

Biography

Cie La Dérouillée presents “Lonely Sweety”, a one-woman show written, directed and performed by Mathilde Cherbuin. Sweety is a social-media star, the empress of vlogs, the queen of influencers, ready to do anything for her followers and above all for their thumbs up: she sells connected gadgets and does yoga wrapped in cling film to lower her BMI. But between body-shaming and bulimic crises, her idealised life starts to crack.

“Lonely Sweety” is a theatrical statement on the digital age and body-image disorders. With plenty of dark humour but also sensitivity, this striking, moving show questions the place of digital objects in our daily lives, our loneliness and our relationship to norms. A lucid, funny and deeply human one-woman show, performed in the street as well as indoors, and accompanied, whenever possible, by discussions with the audience.

The show runs 55 minutes and is recommended from age 10; it lends itself particularly well to school performances and outreach workshops. It was developed in residence and supported notably by Le Nid de Poule, Alpes Concerts, Cie Soul Canopy and the Collectif À Moi Tout Seul, with artistic support from Boris Vigneron and Paul Lesty, and administration by La Fabrique Jaspir / Jaspir Prod.

On video — official clips and live performances

Lonely Sweety · Official teaser

Milestones

“Lonely Sweety” was performed at the Festival Les Transes Cévenoles in Sumène and the Festival La Basse Cour in Lyon in 2024, at the Aurillac International Street Theatre Festival in August 2024, at the Printemps de l'Esprit Critique in Seine-Saint-Denis and the Festival Festin de Rue in Saint-Jean-de-Védas in 2025, and at the 10 Jours de la Culture in Grenoble in 2026 — a journey mixing street festivals, young-audience events and school outreach, including a performance for middle-school pupils in Savoie in May 2026 during a “screen-free” week.

Show formats

• Street performance
• Indoor performance
• School performances
• Outreach workshops