Find us again at the Festival Off d'Avignon in 2025!

Laurette Theater • June 3, 2025

In July, for over 80 years, the Avignon Festival has transformed the city of the Popes into a gigantic scene where a pell-mell of theatrical creations and energies created. For this 59th edition, which will take place from July 5 to 26, 2025, the Laurette Théâtre returns in force with a programming as abundant as exciting. Twelve shows will be playing throughout the duration of the festival, divided between its two emblematic spaces: the large room (100 places) and the small room (49 places), located in the heart of Avignon, rue Joseph Vernet.

Avignon off festival: a rich and varied 2025 programming

The Laurette Théâtre, known for its loyalty at the Festival Off d'Avignon and the richness of its artistic line, this year is a program that combines revisited classics, family comedies and original creations. Whether you are a lover of heritage texts, the theater of young audiences, intelligently crazy plays or participatory shows, everyone will find something to feed their curiosity and their taste for the theater.

Among the twelve shows offered, some pieces already arouse a particular enthusiasm.

Two rooms, two atmospheres, the same passion.

Classics revisited in Laurette sauce

In the classic register, "Dom Juan" and "Hamlet" offer a daring rereading of two mythical figures of European theater. "Dom Juan", in a stretched and contemporary staging, explores the gray areas of the famous libertine with hard -hitting sobriety. "Hamlet", meanwhile, stages the Prince of Denmark in all its inner complexity, in a sleek but poignant version. Shakespeare's text revives thanks to a new translation into French Alexandrines. Another big name of the theater: "Clos behind" , by Jean-Paul Sartre. Carried by a subtle distribution, this philosophical work with the airs of psychological camera finds there a new breath, a relentless dramatic tension and an acute sense of the absurd where genres merge.

Humor when you hold us

For comedy enthusiasts, the selection of Laurette Theater for the Festival Off d'Avignon 2025 is just as promising. "Here is Aut'chose!" Play the card of the political comic brilliantly, by telling the incredible situations of a future incredible president. "2 men and 1 moron" immerses us in an irresistible burlesque trio, where absurdity and gags punctuate with the return of an old slightly heavy friend. "Murder, sex and betrayal" blurs the boundaries between Polar and Vaudeville, with a frenzied rhythm.

Family outing

The family public is not forgotten with two young people audiences signed Ados.com . In "Long live the family holidays" , a family trip becomes a pretext for an avalanche of fun and universal situations. In "an artificial intelligence" , teenage parents confront themselves with digital challenges with humor and finesse.

Our special proposal

Among the original creations, "The War of wrinkles" stands out for its irreverent tone and its acid gaze on the cult of youth. As for "In the footsteps of Arsène Lupine: between magic and mentalism" , he promises an immersive theatrical experience, where enigmas, illusionism and track games intertwine.

An accessible, generous, human theater

Laurette Theater bets with a theater accessible to all, without giving up artistic quality. The proximity to the public, the diversity of genres represented and the desire to make Laughs and reflections coexist are all trademarks of this unique space in the Avignon landscape. These qualities make it a favorite place for those who want to take advantage of the Avignon 2025 Festival Off 2025 in human sizes while following an eclectic programming.

Each show was designed to arouse the senses, question or simply entertain. The choice to maintain dense programming over the duration of the off shows the commitment of the Theater to participate actively in the cultural life of this independent festival, by giving their chance to talented, confirmed or emerging artists.

Why come to the Off festival this year?

Participating in the Festival Off d'Avignon 2025 is immersing yourself in an incomparable atmosphere, made of meetings, discoveries, passionate queues and shared emotions. It is to cross the city in search of the spectacle of the day, to be surprised by a poster, an extract played in the street, an enthusiastic rumor. It is, for a few days, to live for the theater and through the theater.

And among the hundreds of Off proposals, making a detour through Laurette Théâtre, is the assurance of discovering powerful, funny, subtle or offbeat works, carried by passionate teams.

The meeting is made: from July 5 to 26, 2025, Avignon vibrates to the rhythm of the theater. Laurette Theater is waiting for you, curious and generous, ready to make this 59th edition an unforgettable moment.

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