Our story
La Fabrique Culturelle
Creating, passing on, presenting and connecting the performing arts in West Africa.
Since 2014
An independent venue in the heart of Abidjan
Registered in November 2013 and officially opened on 1 April 2014, La Fabrique Culturelle is an independent, non-profit Ivorian cultural organisation based in Cocody 2 Plateaux Macaci. It is a space for artistic creation, training, presentation and cooperation, serving artists, young audiences and the performing arts in West Africa.
Theatre, contemporary circus, dance, music, cinema, literature, storytelling, comedy, digital arts: La Fabrique supports creators, encourages exchange and opens culture to all audiences.
Our mission
Four verbs for action
01
Create
Production and co-production of works: theatre, circus, audiovisual, memorial artworks, hybrid forms.
02
Pass on
Training, workshops, courses and programmes for young people, emerging artists and schools.
03
Present
A multidisciplinary programme, festivals and outreach beyond our walls.
04
Connect
National, pan-African and international partnerships to help artists and works travel.
Our values: creation, transmission, inclusion, artistic excellence, independence, cooperation, citizenship, openness to the world.
Our impact
2025 in figures
Founder
Chantal Djédjé
A writer, film director, stage director, producer and cultural entrepreneur, Chantal Djédjé has worked between Africa and Europe for more than twenty years. Production manager on several feature films presented at the Cannes Film Festival (Karmen Gei, Little Sénégal), she has also directed award-winning films, including Les femmes du rail and Cocktail.
She founded La Fabrique Culturelle, opened on 1 April 2014, then created RICA in 2018, the first contemporary circus festival in Côte d’Ivoire. From 2023 to 2025, she was Deputy Managing Director of MASA. Author of 220 Logements, adapted as a series on A+ Ivoire, she chairs the association Actrices Culturelles Ensemble (ACE-CI).