Theaters Avignon

The Théâtre des Doms is a guest house and relay for all artistic expression and cultural dynamics in French-speaking Belgium, Wallonia and Brussels. It participates in a wide range of projects, including Ajmi, Les Hivernales, Scène nationale de Cavaillon, Culture.com and Cité Nez Clown... During the Avignon Festival, it hosts six or seven companies selected from a hundred or so applicants for a multidisciplinary program of theater, dance, circus and young-audience shows.

Gérard Gélas established this theater in 1971 in the Sainte Catherine chapel. It is one of the pillars of the performing arts in Avignon, presenting both the creations of the master of the place, and hosting the biggest names of the French scene. It has a string of successes that are played to full houses. The rich programming of plays, concerts and conferences. Practical theater workshops are also held for teenagers and adults. In July, the Chêne noir theater is a must for the Off festival.

This theater is part of the five Scènes d'Avignon, that is to say the five permanent theaters agreed by the city with the Chêne Noir, the Halles, the Balcon and the Carmes. In July, during the festival, the Théâtre du Chien qui Fume and the Salle du Petit Chien are places where you will certainly find quality shows where humor is not absent! All year long, the theater offers a varied program: music, dance, theater, conferences, exhibitions.