Continuing her exploration of her family heritage, actress and singer Hatice Özer and her musicians invite us to a Turkish wedding ceremony — with one notable absence: the groom. Part theatre, part music, it is a joyful celebration, and everyone is invited.

Playing her double-headed drum, Hatice Özer leads the festivities through storytelling and song, drawing on childhood memories of weddings within the Turkish diaspora, where buried desires can resurface to the rhythm of the dance and sometimes tip into trance. She is joined by Antonin-Tri Hoang (composer and musician), Benjamin Colin (percussionist, sound artist and sound designer) and Matteo Bortone (double bassist and composer). The daughter of a traditional Turkish musician who settled in Périgord, Özer weaves these family memories together with 13th-century accounts of Sufi ecstasy, the passion of the legendary Oum Kalthoum, and tales of the Middle East and fakir healers.

Joyful and melancholic in equal measure, Koudour — meaning “to die of desire” in Turkish Romani — brings cultures together in one vibrant community, transforming the Grand Huit stage into a shared celebration where music becomes both memory and consolation.