Les Rencontres Théâtrales

Description

Vernissage Saturday March 29, 2025 at 11:00 am in the Hall of the Centre Culturel.

Since 2013, Les Rencontres Théâtrales have been a fantastic showcase for local professional and amateur companies who have turned their passion into an art form: comedies, classics, parodies...

For this 12th edition, from April 1 to 27, 2025, the City of Saint-Raphaël is offering 32 amateur and professional theater shows accessible to all, again thanks to a single ticket price of €8.

Theater for all tastes.

To make theater is to listen to the world, to be its sounding board.
Laurent Terzieff, French actor and director.

Program


Tuesday April 1 at 8:30 pm - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE ANTONIN ARTAUD
> Play title : À QUELLE HEURE ON MENT ?
> Author: Vivien LHERAUX
> Genre: Contemporary comedy - for all audiences
> Running time: 1h15
> Director: Chantal GIRAUDIN
> Reservation: 06 12 59 47 43

Play summary :
An original and crazy comedy for all audiences!
A performance that audiences won't soon forget... The arrival of a police commissioner during the actors' final rehearsal before the premiere of their play will compromise an already chaotic show.
What's more, Sandra witnesses a burglary, Arthur falls victim to a scam and Jacques is dumped by his wife.
This investigation is going to set things on fire!



Tuesday, April 1 at 8:30 p.m. - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE MAANA
> Play title: LES CHAISES
> Author: Eugène IONESCO
> Genre: Tragic farce
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Alain ILLEL
> Booking: 06 28 69 74 09

Summary of the play :
"Les chaises": a tragic farce in which a succession of unusual situations and comic breaths verging on the absurd, contradictory dialogues and emotional moments.
An elderly couple are on the verge of death. They live alone on a desert island, in a house with picture windows facing the sea.
Feeling that the end is near, the couple summon their acquaintances one last time.
The Old Man must deliver a message to mankind that he has been preparing for years. He instructs the Orator to deliver his final words.
The guests begin to arrive. Real to the couple, they are invisible to the public.
The Old Lady thinks it's time to welcome them. To this end, she brings chairs.
The Emperor honors them with his presence before the final arrival of the Speaker. Reassured by his presence, the couple decide to...


Wednesday, April 2 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE CO SONG
> Play title: MERCI JULIEN
> Author: Philippe GAMBINI
> Genre: Music
> Running time: 1h40
> Director: Philippe PETIT
> Booking: 06 85 54 47 30

Play summary:
There are few artists like Julien Clerc who have spanned the decades while captivating entire generations of fans.
Merci Julien is a vibrant tribute to his musical work.
Based on the melodies and lyrics of his songs, Merci Julien takes you on a journey to the heart of an elegant, lively musical universe.
Punctuated by short narrative interludes, his most beautiful songs are performed by a troupe of seven professional artists, for a show full of good humor and formidable energy.


Thursday, April 3, 8:30 p.m. - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES MANGES LAMBERT
> Play title: PHOTOS DE FAMILLE
> Author: Jean-Pierre DOPAGNE
> Genre: Contemporary theater
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Myriam GRÉLARD
Booking : 07 85 45 04 32

Summary of the play :
Happiness is easy!
A great job, a husband who's a surgeon, a brilliant daughter, a creative and funny son, a mother who's a bit intrusive, but you get used to it...
It's easy... but fragile. And when it all falls apart, what's left?
Happy memories, dreams that have yet to come true... and that irrepressible need to tell it all, to make a story out of it... to escape and make reality bearable.


Friday April 4 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE DES SENS
> Play title: UN COUP DE MAÎTRE
> Author: Angelo ROMEO
> Genre: comedy
> Running time: 1h30 maximum
> Director: Virginie AUZET
> Booking : 06 20 75 66 56

Summary of the play :
A comedy that exposes rivalry through tyrannical characters: an aperitif turns into a settling of scores with a guest who decides to exploit his power as a smooth talker and is determined to subjugate the hostess. Favorable circumstances often make us do things that can reveal who we really are!


Saturday, April 5 at 8:30pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE ARTS EN SCÈNES PACA
> Play title: LIGNES BRISÉES
> Author: Louise CARON
> Genre: Written comedy
> Running time: 1h15
> Director: Norbert FERRER
> Bookings: 06 80 02 68 85 and 06 79 83 44 02

Play summary:
Sylvie's question to Antoine about the choice of a dress, while he's watching a soccer match, is the trigger for the disintegration of their marriage of over twenty years. What could be an insignificant incident becomes the grain of sand that disturbs the mechanics of habit and leads the characters to break up. Without giving any answers, the play questions love and solitude - both within and outside marriage - in today's society, where youth and transience are cardinal values. They take turns recounting singular moments: break-ups, divorces, freedom, consequences, in the form of piquant monologues. Each of the two protagonists delivers his own version of the situation, which often overwhelms him, weakens him or gives him hope. To be continued...


Sunday April 6 at 5:00 pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE ÉCRAN TOTAL
> Play title: LA QUÊTE
> Author: Wauter MANNAERT and Frédéric MAUPOMÉ
> Genre: young audience (4-13 years) - Comedy/Adventure
> Running time: 50 min
> Director: collective staging
> Booking: 06 87 21 74 29
Play summary :

For a thousand years, King Pellinor and his descendants have been hunting down the mysterious Questing Beast... and failing miserably. Now it's Pelli's turn to embark on the family quest. But let's face it... he doesn't have the physical abilities worthy of the knights of legend, and his encounter with the notorious Lady of the Lake won't help him much.



Tuesday, April 8 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES DINGOS D'AGAY
> Play title: FALLAIT PAS LE DIRE!
> Author: Salomé LELOUCH
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: adaptation/set design: Philippe TOUTAIN
> Reservation: 06 33 96 21 21

Play summary :
Diverse, highly topical couples... In the street, at the café, in the kitchen, in the garden... They tackle all subjects, without taboos, with frankness or bad faith... But can we say everything? Can you tell your mother-in-law that her cake is too dry? Are we happy about the mildness of winter when the planet is burning? Ask a teacher if he's a paedophile? The debate is tinged with love and humor, and it's irresistible!
A hit play nominated for the Molières 2022, we perform it with two women and four men who present the couple in all its forms and nuances.


Tuesday April 8 at 8.30pm - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE MEDIA ACTION ARTS & CULTURES
> Play title: BONNE ANNÉE TOI-MÊME
> Author: Pauline DAUMALE
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h20
> Director: Myriam GRÉLARD
> Booking : 06 87 55 86 80

Summary of the play :
Hortense is expecting "the man of her life" for a New Year's Eve tête-à-tête...
But it's always at times like these that trouble arrives! The water leak... December 31st at 10.00 pm!
Alexandre Pichard, a plumber by trade, arrives to the rescue, but the repair proves more complicated than expected... and she's expected back by her husband, for a New Year's Eve party... in style... !


Wednesday April 9 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE MEDIA LES UBUS
> Play title: NOS PIRES AMIS
> Author: Jean-Pierre MARTINEZ
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h20
> Director: Philippe PETIT
> Booking: 06 71 15 73 65

Play summary:
Vincent and Juliette have always gone on vacation with Patrick and Christelle.
But now they're looking for a more "upscale" relationship that will serve their new professional ambitions. Looking for an excuse to get rid of these cumbersome friends, they get caught in their own lies.
It's not easy to get rid of your best friends!


Thursday, April 10 at 8:30 PM - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE ARTISTES'2 THEATRE
> Play title :L'INVITATION
> Author: Hadrien RACCAH
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h05
> Director: Pascal GUYOT
> Reservation: 06 25 75 92 03

Play summary :
There are childhood friends, friends we see, friends we don't see anymore or don't see enough of. And then there's Charlie. Charlie is the imaginary friend Daniel has created to cheat on his wife without arousing suspicion.
Charlie was the perfect idea to keep him from losing his wife, his mistress and his apartment.
Catherine, his wife, exasperated and suspicious, tells Daniel to "INVITE HIM THIS EVENING". So Daniel invites a stranger over for dinner to play the role of his best friend.
Was inviting Charlie a good idea after all?


Friday April 11 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE AD ACTUS
> Play title: LE CAS MARTIN PICHE
> Author: Jacques MOUGENOT
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h20
> Director: Jean-Denis VIVIEN
> Booking : 06 81 73 80 41

Play summary :
The exceptional case of Martin Piche, who suffers from a strange ailment - he's permanently bored - arouses the curiosity of a psychiatrist passionate about his profession. To solve the enigma posed by this unusual and disarming case, the specialist will have to call on all his sagacity and imagination, in a session where one comic situation follows another, moving from the unusual to the burlesque, from the touching to the cruel, from the absurd to the hilarious. Will the practitioner be able to cure his patient? Will he unravel the mystery?
A hilarious comedy!


Friday, April 11 at 8.30pm - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE LES ESTERELLES
> Play title: UN AIR DE FAMILLE
> Author: Agnès JAOUI & Jean-Pierre BACRI
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h15
> Director: Pascal GUYOT
> Booking : 06 67 90 25 63

Summary of the play :
As they do every Friday evening before dinner at one of the region's finest restaurants, the Mesnard family meets at "Le Père Tranquille", the café owned by Henri, the eldest son.
Tonight is the birthday of Yolande, the daughter-in-law, but events are about to turn the evening upside down.
The whole family is thrown into turmoil, with reproaches, misunderstandings, resentments and unspoken words all coming to light... and no one is left unscathed.
A cult comedy about family relationships that's both subtle and profound, dramatic and hilarious!


Saturday, April 12, 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES MEGAMASQUES
> Play title: LE RETOUR DE RICHARD III PAR LE TRAIN DE 9h24
> Author: Gilles DYREK
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h30
> Director: Michel PENDARIES
> Booking: 07 87 79 39 34

Play summary :
A rich businessman, at the end of his career and condemned by medicine, decides to reconcile with his family, whom he hasn't seen in a long time. He uses a surprising artifice... Between play and reality, truth and lies, this rereading of a conflicted family past turns into a settling of scores where no one can tell the difference between right and wrong! A hilarious comedy of misunderstandings and misunderstandings.


Saturday April 12 at 8:30 PM - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE PLAYTIME
> Play title: ANDRÉ LE MAGNIFIQUE
> Author: Michel VUILLERMOZ, Denis PODALYDES-MIQUEL, Patrick LIGARDES, Loic HOUDRE, Isabelle CANDELIER, Rémi DE VOS
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h20
> Director: Pascal GUYOT

Booking: 06 58 23 39 75
To save their little theater from destruction, the mayor of a small village and his wife decide to stage a play retracing the heroic saga of the knight St-Germaine. They hire a professional actor from Paris to play the role of the knight. But of course, things don't go quite to plan between the man from the city and the country, between the pro and the amateurs...


Sunday April 13 at 5:00 pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES TRÉTEAUX SOUS LES PINS
> Play title: THE REUNIFICATION OF THE TWO KOREAS
> Author: Joël POMMERAT
> Genre: Dramatic comedy
> Running time: 1h30
> Director: Anne LEVY
> Booking : 06 68 77 90 56

Summary of the play :
How do we talk about love today?
The need for love? Desire? Break-ups?
In "The Reunification of the Two Koreas", a carousel of typical characters takes us on a wild ride.
Married couples, adulterers, lovers, fantasy scenes, prostitutes, the head doctor, all of them tearing our archetypes of love to shreds...
In a burst of laughter, a shiver of voluptuousness, cruelty or tenderness...


Tuesday, April 15 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE PAPY BOOMERS
> Play title: PAPY FAIT DE LA MÉDISANCE
> Author: Claude RAFFORT
> Genre: Musical comedy theater
> Running time: 1h20 minutes
> Director: Claude RAFFORT
> Booking: 06 87 33 69 63

Play summary:
"Qu'est-ce que ça fait du bien de dire du mal!
Returning to Rencontres Théâtrales after a successful year, the Papy Boomers continue to be gossipy, gossipy, caustic - in short, MEDISANT.
Mean... "ma non troppo", just enough to be funny, through their trademark dialogues and song parodies.


Tuesday April 15 at 8:30pm - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE ARTIST'OKRAT PROD
> Play title: LA DUPE
> Author: Olivier MOINARD
> Genre: Historical comedy
> Running time: 1h30
> Director: Antoine MASTROPIETRO
> Reservation: 06 79 83 44 02

Play summary:
1785, four years before the French Revolution, a state scandal erupts at the French court. A nobleman, Cardinal de Rohan, is arrested in front of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. His crime: he was accused of having purchased a diamond necklace on behalf of the Queen. According to the initial results of the investigation, he had taken the jewel from the hands of the jewelers, forging Marie Antoinette's signature. The King, anxious to preserve the integrity of his wife and the State, had him thrown into prison. The Cardinal's trial showed that a certain Comtesse de la Motte was behind this intrigue.


Wednesday April 16 at 8:30 pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE FRENCH LADIES
> Play title: THÉ VERT SANS SUCRE (SUGAR-FREE GREEN TEA)
> Author: Céline GAUDEL
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Olivier ROUX
> Reservation: 06 71 00 52 54

Summary of the play :
A small village in the Hauts de France region.
In the warmth of her bookshop-tea room, Candice awaits her childhood friend Mary Lou for a relaxing weekend. But... the arrival of an unexpected character throws everything into question.


Wednesday April 16 at 8.30pm - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE LES BALLES DE MATCH
> Play title: " ASTRALEMENT VÔTRE " (ASTRALLY YOURS)
> Author: Dominique EULALIE
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Armelle DEFRÉMONT
> Booking : 07 49 66 03 83

Résumé Pièce :
Selling an old psyche or any other antique, what could be more normal for an antique dealer worthy of the name! Is it? Unless the heavens have decided otherwise, with the help of a crazy assistant, a particularly intriguing customer and an inspector of the passage of time. A zany and delightful story!


Thursday, April 17 at 8.30pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE CHARIVARI
> Play title: LES QUATRE VÉRITÉS
> Author: Jacky GOUPIL
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h20
> Director: Philippe PETIT
> Booking: 06 60 70 02 75

Summary of the play :
What happens when a grain of sand upsets the quiet hypocrisy of a trio of friends?
Fernand is a touchy, pretentious actor. He takes the flattery of his wife and pal Nono for granted. But Nono's new girlfriend, who thinks he's a bad man, puts her foot down and turns this quiet hypocrisy on its head.
In love as in friendship, should we tell each other everything, or should we prefer to lie?


Friday, April 18 at 8:30 p.m. - Centre culturel auditorium

COMPAGNIE BAZ'ART COMEDIE
> Play titles: L'AMOUR EST DERRIÈRE LA PORTE & SEXY FLAG
> Author: Yvon TABURET & Christian ROSSIGNOL
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 30 min & 45 min
> Director: MC ATTARD
> Booking: 04 94 44 45 74

Summary of plays:
L'AMOUR EST DERRIÈRE LA PORTE by Yvon TABURET
"One hundred percent of customers who come alone leave in pairs". That's the new slogan of the marriage agency, but...easier said than done when some of the clients turn out to be odd specimens!

SEXY-FLAG by Christian ROSSIGNOL
It's not so easy for an inveterate womanizer to be voluntarily deceived by his wife, unless he comes up with a Machiavellian plan... Burlesque situations and misunderstandings ensue in this hilarious play.


Friday April 18 at 8:30 PM - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE DE L'ŒILLET VERT
> Play title: TOUS NOS PETITS ET GRANDS SECRETS
> Author: Danielle MORRIS
> Genre: Dramatic comedy
> Running time: 1h30
> Director: Dorian MORRIS
> Reservation: 06 69 55 10 06

Play summary:
Joseph, an old winegrower from Provence, quiet and far-sighted, wakes up one morning to what seems to be an ordinary day. But everything changes when a mysterious stranger bursts into his life. This enigmatic stranger seems to know everything about him, including the secrets Joseph thought were buried forever. But who is this stranger? What does he really want? Faced with the insistence of this disturbing intruder, Joseph responds with the humor and verve of the Midi, like a character straight out of a Pagnol film. But behind the jokes lies a growing tension, as the past resurfaces and emotion gradually takes over. From outright laughter to shocking revelations, this timeless journey takes viewers on a whirlwind of questions, surprises and memories. Joseph, who thought he had it all figured out, is faced with the ultimate question: can you really escape your own past?


Saturday, April 19 at 8:30 PM - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE IZAART
> Play title: EDOUARD ET MIKY
> Author: Pascal GUYOT
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Pascal GUYOT
> Booking : 06 60 61 49 70

Play summary :
A prison, a cell, 2 inmates, 2 worlds, an unlikely encounter, a funny story.
Two inmates, with nothing in common, must share the same cell, for better or for worse. Perhaps a theater workshop will save them!


Saturday, April 19, 8:30 PM - Salle Félix Martin
COMPAGNIE DU JADE
> Play title: CRISE ET CHÂTIMENT
> Author: Jean-Pierre MARTINEZ
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 30 min & 45 min
> Director: Serge CAVALIER
> Booking : 06 84 68 52 53

Play summary:
An unemployed actor, recruited by a bank in bankruptcy, discovers that he has been hired to act as a scapegoat. His world tumbles into madness, as he comes into contact with completely deranged bank employees, highly disturbed female customers, a possessive mother, a surprising gigolo... In short, the nightmare has only just begun!


Tuesday, April 22 at 8:30 p.m. - Centre culturel auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES SCÈNES D'ARGENS
> Play title: LES COMBUSTIBLES
> Author: Amélie NOTHOMB
> Genre: Dramatic comedy
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Anthony DAVY
> Booking : 07 85 45 42 83

Play summary :
War, cold and the impulses of desire... You have to warm up by any means necessary, even by burning books, but which ones to start with and which ones to end with?
The situation forces a somewhat cynical sociology professor with a passion for literature to live together with his idealistic assistant Daniel and Marina, a student in search of warmth.


Tuesday April 22 at 8.30pm - Salle Félix Martin

COMPAGNIE FLOWER'S SHOW
> Play title: GRÉCO, LA VIE D'UNE JOLIE MOME
> Author: Dominique BETHUNE
> Genre: Musical theater
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Alain ILLEL
> Booking: 06 78 80 76 69

Summary Play :
This creation is an invitation into the world of Juliette GRECO.
From her painful youth to her arrival in Saint Germain Des Près, GRECO has turned her life into an act, a work of art.
Moments of life surrounded by Jean Paul SARTRE, Simone de BEAUVOIR, Boris VIAN, Jacques PREVERT, Miles DAVIS, Serge GAINSBOURG, Michel PICCOLI... And BELPHEGOR, who may still haunt the Louvre Museum.


Wednesday April 23 at 8:30 pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES SENIORS S'AMUSENT
> Play title: LA VALSE DES SENTIMENTS
> Author: Olivier desfa....., Paul COTE
> Genre: Humorous
> Running time: 1h30
> Director: Florence LANDUREAU
> Booking : 07 85 45 42 83

Summary of the play :
Come and enjoy the show "la valse des sentiments" (the waltz of feelings). Humorous sketches representing different feelings such as betrayal, slander, egoism, opportunism, jealousy, hatred or insolence.
Sketches accompanied by song, dance and video.


Thursday, April 24 at 8:30pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE CHAPEAU S'IL VOUS PLAIT
> Play title: IMPROVISATIONS (PROPOSEZ, NOUS JOUONS)
> Author: Nous-Mêmes
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h20
> Director: François CRACOSKY
> Booking: 06 20 15 48 32

Play summary:
An improvisation show "propose, we play" in humor and good humor, we create sketches, slices of life taking into account your indications, your traps, your challenges, with obstacles of course.


Friday, April 25 at 8:30 p.m. - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LE MANTEAU D'ARLEQUIN
> Play title: LE COUPLE DANS ALLES SES ÉCLATS
> Author: Montage de textes
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h10
> Director: Daniel SERRUS
> Reservation: 06 30 70 40 36

Play summary :
From the first meeting to the last break-up, from the first vacation to the last trip to Tahiti, from the first baby to the youngest's entry into university... married life has its ups and downs, with as many more or less zany situations that we go through here with delight thanks to colorful, funny and endearing characters. You won't be able to stop laughing with this special-couple show, which pokes fun at all the vicissitudes of married life.


Saturday April 26 at 8.30pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE LES BOOMERANGS
> Play title : TOQUÉ AVANT D'ENTRER
> Author: François SCHARRE
> Genre: Comedy
> Running time: 1h30
> Director: Younès NEGRIT
> Booking : 06 10 74 34 24

Play summary :
Since being evicted from his marital home, Hervé has been looking for a place to live in Paris. He finds an ideal apartment, but is forced to invent an OCD in order to live there with other "weirdos". And to get custody of his children, he has to lie to his wife, his roommates and even the family court judge. Don't miss "Toqué avant d'entrer". This wacky comedy presented by St-Raphaël's Les Boomerangs troupe is written by François Scharre and directed by Younès Negrit. With misunderstandings and twists and turns from start to finish, immerse yourself in this hilarious roommate comedy where laughter is guaranteed.


Sunday April 27 at 5:00 pm - Centre Culturel Auditorium

COMPAGNIE DE L'ETINCELLE
> Play title: JULES ET MARCEL
> Author: Pierre TRÉ-ARDY
> Genre: Theatrical reading
> Running time: 1h15
> Director: Daniel SERRUS
> Booking : 06 64 22 25 17

Play summary :
Adapted from authentic letters by playwright Pierre Tré-Hardy, the play attempts to approach the complex relationship between Jules RAIMU, the great actor, and Marcel PAGNOL, the author and filmmaker, throughout their lives.
Guided by a narrator, the spectator can enthusiastically follow the "spats" and the great moments of fraternity between these two sacred monsters, while following the evolution of their respective careers.


Practical information

Prices and reservations
> Reservations :
At the reception of the Centre Culturel de Saint-Raphaël
Tuesday to Saturday 8:30am to 7:00pm - Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm
04 98 11 89 00 - billetterie@ville-saintraphael.fr
> Single ticket price: €8

Addresses of performance venues
> Salle Félix Martin: Boulevard Félix-Martin, 83700 Saint-Raphaël
> Centre Culturel Auditorium: Place Gabriel Péri, 83700 Saint-Raphaël

People with reduced mobility or disabilities (PMR/PSH)
Would you like to attend one of our events or shows, or find out more about PMR/PSH? Contact the Centre Culturel reception desk on 04 98 11 89 00. When making your reservation at the ticket office, please specify if you are a PRM in order to benefit from adapted seating.