A Diary of Genesis: L’Atelier Volant by Valère Novarina

This paper describes and analyses the diary of the writer and playwright Valère Novarina. It explores his notes as records of the creative process that originated the play L’Atelier Volant and describes the concerns and problematisations of the author with regard to the first staging the play. Based on Novarina’s notion of staging, the text shows the inadequacy of the playwright’s ideas in relation to the theatre of his time and the way this staging played a fundamental role in the author’s dramaturgical work.