Scènes d’Automne 2024: launch and first week of the festival
For 17 days, the Scènes d’Automne festival will thrill you with performances and events presented by the theaters and cultural institutions of Nice and the Métropole to celebrate the performing arts in all their forms.
On the program: 14 performances in the official selection and an immersion into the world of puppetry with Ezéquiel Garcia-Romeu, the festival’s sponsor!
Festival Opening
OPEN YOUR (VERY) BIG EYES
La Dame Blanche
Compagnie Deraïdenz
Wednesday, October 2 > 2 p.m.
An impressive encounter that will delight families (and be just a little bit scary too…)
Join us from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Coulée Verte in Nice for an extraordinary walk with the White Lady, a giant 4-meter-tall puppet animated by the artists of the Deraïdenz company, accompanied by festive music.
Free | Open to all
Starting at Bourgada at 2 p.m. and ending at the Jardin Albert Ier.
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Events around the festival
Scènes d’Automne offers many additional events around the festival.
From Thursday, October 3 to Sunday, October 6, there will be a focus on a reading of contemporary texts by students from the Nice Conservatory, a performance based on No Place to Lay One’s Head by Françoise Frenkel, and an exhibition dedicated to the TNN archives. For these three key events, entry is free, subject to availability.
Scènes en papier
[Reading]
Offsite from the Nice Conservatory
Thursday, October 3 – 6 p.m.
L’Entre-Pont
Discover contemporary dramatic writing and emerging talents from the region through this reading by students from the Nice Conservatory (Theater Cycle 3), accompanied by actors from TNN. This event at L’Entre-Pont is the first of three more to be held at the Théâtre Francis-Gag, l’Artistique, and Les Franciscains.
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On the Run! Confessions of a Bookseller
[Theater]
Offsite from the Louis Nucéra Library
Saturday, October 5 – 3 p.m.
Théâtre Francis-Gag
In 1940, a French literature enthusiast fleeing Nazi Germany arrives in Nice and escapes the roundup of August 26, 1942, thanks to the Marius family, a couple of hairdressers who hide her for several weeks.
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1986-2019: Jacques Weber, Daniel Benoin, and Irina Brook
[Exhibition]
By the Nice Côte d’Azur Archives
From October 2, 2024, to January 10, 2025
Salle de la Cuisine – TNN
The Nice Côte d’Azur Archives shed light on the programs, teams, troupes, actors, and favorite authors of the three directors of the CDN.
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Puppets Go to the Movies!
Being John Malkovich
By Spike Jonze, 1999
[Screening]
Sunday, October 6 – 1:30 p.m.
Cinémathèque / Mégarama Nice Vauban
The puppeteer Craig Schwartz discovers a portal that leads directly into John Malkovich’s mind.
Ages 10 and up | 1h53 | Original version with French subtitles
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
By Luigi Comencini, 1972
[Screening]
Sunday, October 6 – 3:30 p.m.
Cinémathèque / Mégarama Nice Vauban
To ease his loneliness, a penniless carpenter creates a wooden puppet and names it Pinocchio.
Ages 10 and up | 2h15 | Original version with French subtitles
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Mark Your Calendars!
The Nurse’s Syndrome
Friday, October 18 – 8 p.m.
Official selection of the Scènes d’Automne Festival 2024
What if we took care of ourselves? The Nurse’s Syndrome is a one-woman show that’s funny, crazy, silly, irreverent, tender, and bright.
It’s also the show selected by TFG for the Scènes d’Automne Festival competition.
We look forward to seeing you to discover this little gem and its incredible creator and performer: Céline Gorget.
Festival prices: €12.50 full price – €10.20 reduced price – €5 for students
Open to all. From age 12. Duration: 1h
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POST-IT: The selection of 14 competing performances and two out-of-competition shows awaits you from October 3 to 19.
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