Soirées légendaires brings local artisans and producers together for a night market in Montrésor. Musical entertainment accompanies the stalls, while storytellers recount legends associated with the village. Refreshments and snacks are available, combining craft shopping, food and oral storytelling in the Touraine village.
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George Sand Lecture in Le Blanc: Letters Revealed
George Sand, une plume à soi uses a staged reading to follow the writer through her correspondence. Letters to Musset, Michel de Bourges, Maurice Sand, Victor Hugo and Flaubert reveal personal and literary relationships. In Le Blanc, those exchanges are placed beside novels including Indiana, La Petite Fadette and La Mare au Diable.
J’embrasse les deux gros diamants in Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny:
Puzzle Centre stages exchanges between George Sand and Gustave Flaubert at Square du Marronnier in Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny. The performance takes its title from their correspondence: J’embrasse les deux gros diamants qui vous ornent la trompette. Their letters become a spoken dialogue, bringing the writers’ relationship into a theatrical setting.
Theater Festival in Apremont-sur-Allier: Floating Stage
Apremont-sur-Allier’s Au fil de l’eau theatre festival uses a gabare as a floating stage beside the Allier. William Mesguich performs Dans les forêts de Sibérie from Sylvain Tesson’s writing. Maxime d’Aboville presents Napoleon through literary passages in the second production, with food and refreshments available around the performances.