Here are 5 highlights of the new Châteauvallon-Liberté season
Dance, classics, new works, music, and theater in all its forms... For its 2025-2026 season, the Scène nationale Châteauvallon-Liberté is cultivating eclecticism through some sixty shows. It's difficult to present everything, so, in the company of Charles Berling, we offer you a non-exhaustive selection.
1 The themes, always thereIt's a habit: dividing the season into themes. "This allows us to link our outdoor activities to our programming," explains Charles Berling. The first theme addressed this season: "The thirst for learning" (from September to December). It will notably feature "La Nuit du jazz" by Raphaël Imbert: "A magnificent musician who knows how to tell the story of music, and particularly that of jazz, which is prodigious." Also worth noting is Montessori , a play directed by Charles Berling, already presented at the Liberté last year, and which is this time taking up residence at Châteauvallon. "I believe a lot in the recurrence of things, especially when it works and attracts an audience that we normally struggle to attract. It's a subject that fascinates thirty-somethings. It's also the fight of a woman who is specifically interested in children."
Second theme: "One and the other" (from January to March 2026). "It's about speaking with passion and loyalty about the place of women in society and the power of the 'feminine' that we all have within us," explains Berling. We will find the singer Suzanne and the piece Punk.es
The final theme is Wild Nature (April to June). "Like every year, we're holding an edition of Passion Bleue with scientists, fishermen, and people who think about and frequent the sea." Among the events: Bite by Giulia Dussollier, Fish Man by David Wahl, and The Gathering by Joanne Leighton.
As with any theatrical program, the Toulon scene offers classic plays. Certainly revisited, but known to all. So, could there be a form of audience weariness? "Culture is both drawing inspiration from the past but also understanding the forms of the present and the future. For 2,000 years, Greek tragedies have been performed. It works, and so much the better! They are revisited by today's actresses and actors, we do different things thanks to the art of staging, of representation." Thus, we will find Racine's Phèdre , Molière's Le Mariage forcé , or in a more recent register Ionesco's La Leçon .
3 Dance still at home in ChâteauvallonWhen you talk about Châteauvallon, you inevitably talk about dance. This year, the public will be able to see the Belgian company Peeping Tom with Chroniques . "They are coming thanks to the ExtraPôle program, which allows all the major institutions in the South region to bring an international artist to create something for the region. Peeping Tom did this with a work on the theme of time in Nice." As he did a few days ago with Decouflé, the season will conclude with dance with Ulysse , a ballet by Jean-Claude Gallotta. "A great choreographer, who will be in the amphitheater for the first time."
While browsing the program, a title caught our eye: "Virtual Reality and Augmented Theater," scheduled for December 18 with Crari or Not and To Like or Not . " Our job is to bring emotion, reality, and thought together. This also involves figuring out how we can continue to produce live performances while taking these technologies into account."
Although it's difficult for him to choose, the director of the national stage finally gave in and shared with us one of his favorites: Les Personnages de la pensée by Valère Novarina. "He's an immense, complete artist, and one of the greatest living poets. He practically creates a language. We wanted to present this show, which was a huge success in Paris. If you don't know it, go see it!"
Full program at www.chateauvallon-liberté.fr Reservations from Friday the 13th on site at Liberté or by phone at 09.80.08.40.40.
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