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.
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Le Miroir d’Aurore in Magny: A Historical Performance
Compagnie l’Oreille à Plumes presents Le Miroir d’Aurore in the streets of Magny. The historical promenade is devoted to George Sand and accompanies the commemoration of the writer. Its wandering format makes the village streets part of the performance, taking the audience between places as the company develops the tribute.
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.
Un Monsieur attendait… in Azay-le-Rideau: Absurd Cabaret
Théâtre de l’Ante presents Un Monsieur attendait… in Azay-le-Rideau. The absurd cabaret combines music, songs and theatrical text as part of the company’s Touraine touring programme. Commissioned by the Indre-et-Loire departmental council, the production takes the company’s work into regional venues through its established travelling theatre activity.