Theater events Aquitaine

It's a tradition. Every summer, Agen celebrates the theatre. The Agen Theatre Festival is a series of shows presented outdoors, in an old cloister where the acoustics are excellent, for both young and old.

The Festival of Baroque Theater in the Black Perigord is organized by the Oghmac Company. A week of discovery of this very particular theater. This company of theatrical and musical creations revives the baroque theater and its repertoire according to its tradition. Their research leads them to work on diction and gestures, as well as costumes. Finally, under a covered market, on a village square or in a castle courtyard, they offer shows performed by candlelight

Mimos, an international festival of mime and gesture arts, since 1983, was a forerunner. It is the largest in Europe, with 75,000 spectators and a thousand facets (object theatre, dance, acrobatics, puppets, juggling, street). The city becomes the theatre of this art of movement during a summer break: squares, gardens, alleyways, districts, museums host shows and strolls, most of them free of charge. A selected Off solicits free contributions.