Theaters Seine-Maritime

The Opéra de Rouen is the city's cultural institution, with two performance halls: the Théâtre des Arts and the Chapelle Corneille. Every year, 100,000 spectators flock here to enjoy top-quality operas, concerts and dance performances. All audiences are catered for, with performances for children and the visually and hearing impaired. We love the €5 ticket for under 28s and those on minimum social benefits. So this year, go for it!

Built at the end of the ^19th century, the magnificent cirque-théâtre d'Elbeuf is one of the last eight permanent circuses in France, and the only one with an Italian-style ring and stage. A venue for performances, training, creation, artistic discoveries and encounters, this vast complex is now home to the regional circus arts center. Its programming, which has succeeded in dusting off the circus arts, is based on innovation and multi-disciplinarity, and is aimed at all audiences, children and adults alike.

To have a good time and laugh out loud, nothing beats an evening at the Théâtre à l'Ouest, Rouen's stage dedicated to comedy. This 180-seat venue, created by director Loïc Bonnet and presenter Bruno Roblès, now gives pride of place to comedians of all stripes with one-man and one-woman shows, stand-up comedy, improvisation shows... It's an opportunity to discover new talents in comedy and to meet up with well-known comedians. Moreover, the godfather of the theatre is none other than Franck Dubosc, a native of Petit-Quevilly

As usual, the THC presents a rich and public season, where alternating theatre, music, song. For children, programming of a Côté Diem season for theater performances, storytelling, dance, puppets Wednesday afternoon.

This is a most atypical place where culture and show come to nest regularly. For almost thirty years, for example, the festival hall welcomes the Locale actors'local troupe for seven weekends at the beginning of the year. Concerts and evenings are organised as much as afternoon dancing.

A nice walk for Le Henhouse who has just celebrated its years of existence. We climb the stairs, and to contradict Clemenceau, this is not the best time: The shows given in this old apartment sometimes offer beautiful surprises. It is therefore in a small room of about places that they suit the public, happy to come there for seven years to discover amateur actors but facetious and never short of idea. Because the talent is not missing at Le Havre! Every Wednesday, place to improvisation.

The Sainte-Address cultural centre was renovated in 1999. Meals and shows are available. The room receives jazz fans during the New Orleans International Festival, Dixie Days in May. We have seen in this hall, whose godmother is Annie Girardot and the godfather of Le Havre Havre Hamet, more animations, however than in recent years. It can accommodate 400 people and seemed "perfect for the theatre" according to Annie Girardot itself.

One of the beautiful rooms in the Havre area, which hosts quality shows, the FRIT theatre improvisation matches (local team), the science and technology salon and the film festival from the grain to Démoudre.

End of the performances in the small room sanvicaise! After seven years of theatre management, the company decided to stop the programming of shows to devote itself to its own creations and to the training of some 80 students. Everything leading up to it became difficult. The company's performances will now be given in other partner locations.

Close to the forest of Montgeon, the Bastringue is a decentralized coffee-show, a little like an apartment in which you would see actors playing. In any case, it is the vocation of Claudie and Thierry Tanter, who have seen for a year the reputation of their small place, old old fashioned boiler boiler, growing up. The mouth does the rest, for every time up to fifty spectators. Local theatre companies and musicians play the game, happy to be in a friendly atmosphere, and ready to exchange with the public at the end of the show around a drink or bread.

From October to June, the La Manicle company in Le Havre offers professionally supervised workshops for children, teenagers and adults. The program is rich and varied. The theater workshop offers an introduction to acting, directing and producing. The company also offers video workshops for filming, editing and writing. In addition, "Le Théâtre du dimanche" takes place one Sunday a month, and expression/sophrology workshops are held every other week. Shows and exhibitions are also organized for the enjoyment of all.

A true Rouen institution, the Théâtre des Deux Rives is also the headquarters of the CDN, asserts the living arts as a fundamental value of democracy and proves it with the diversity of shows offered for all audiences and, above all, with prices accessible to all. The idea? To bring people together, to be moved, to laugh, to cry together. Each season, the venue hosts contemporary foreign, French and Norman creations. Some shows are produced by the Théâtre du Nord, the CDN of Lille - Tourcoing. Not to be missed.

La MaisonKifai is a theater and cinema located in Le Havre. It offers a variety of activities and shows for all ages. Theater workshops are available for children and adults, as well as a film workshop for teenagers and young adults. Professional training for actors is also available. La MaisonKifai works in partnership with the associations Pop Up & Pop Up Images. Performances take place in various theatres around the city. The theater is described as a friendly place, with homemade bleachers and fireproof carpeting. Professional artists perform regularly, and it's even possible to dine with them. The house kitchen is also used for scriptwriting workshops and children's shows. MaisonKifai is a dynamic place where theater and cinema meet to offer a unique artistic experience.