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November 13 at 9pm
Théâtre de Poche Graslin · Decré • de 11 à 22€
In 1818, Théodore Géricault began a monumental canvas that scandalized French politics and art alike. At Théâtre de Poche Graslin, Anne Cangelosi leads audiences through a sixty-minute theatrical lecture performance detailing the secrets behind The Raft of the Medusa.
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM
Magmaa - Food Hall Nantes · Nantes • $$
Two comics greats, one shipwrecked sailor: Cyril Pedrosa unpacks Nanbanjin, his collaboration with Taiyo Matsumoto, in a career retrospective followed by a signing session.
November 13 at 5pm
MAGMAA FOOD HALL NANTES · Decré • $$
Cyril Pedrosa presents his latest graphic novel during a career retrospective at Magmaa Food Hall, followed by a dedicated book-signing session.
November 13 at 12pm
Passage Sainte-Croix · Decré • Participation libre
An abraded plate, a fragment of memory, or a discarded object can trace an absence after a loss, as artist Justin Palermo gathers broken things and overlooked items within the circulation spaces and rooms of Passage Sainte-Croix.
Every day at 11:30am
Passage Sainte-Croix · Decré
Caroline Le Méhauté sculpts Nantes soil into urgent ecological art. Take home seeds from her Tellus project and start your own patch of restoration.
November 13 at 2pm
Maison de l’architecture des Pays de la Loire · Decré • Free
Classrooms, corridors, and asphalt yards reflect changing educational ideals in this free exhibition at the Maison de l'architecture des Pays de la Loire, tracing nearly two centuries of public school architecture and climate adaptation across Nantes.
Every day at 3:30pm and 5:30pm
Place Félix Fournier · Decré
Ali Cherri's monumental installation reimagines the musician angels from Saint-Nicolas Basilica as fragments of industrial aluminum wings and trumpets, set against a fragile earth head. The open wooden scaffolding evokes a ruin in progress, asking what remains when monuments lose their pedestals.
November 13 at 7pm
Le Théâtre de la rue de Belleville · Zola
Two chairs, one ball, and an impending fatherhood: actor Régis Florès steps onto the minimalist stage at Le Théâtre de la rue de Belleville as Benjamin Malaussène, bringing Daniel Pennac's sprawling literary tribe to life.
November 13 at 6:45pm
COMPAGNIE DU CAFE THEATRE - PETITE SALLE · Decré • 18 €
Stepping away from the comedy club circuit, Marvin Clarck tests new material on stage during an intimate run of tryout performances hosted at La Compagnie du Café-Théâtre.
November 13 at 7pm
Théâtre de Poche Graslin · Decré • 11 € – 22 €
In 1969, fifteen-year-olds Christian and Annie dream of the Moon and Woodstock. Spanning decades through 2013, the romantic comedy Nos lendemains at the Théâtre de Poche Graslin traces their changing relationship across six performances.
November 13 at 8:30pm
Micro comédie club - festival sous chapiteau · Nantes
A queer collective torches the circus rulebook and rebuilds it as cabaret: live music, feathers, glitter, bottle-walking, and contortionists under a big top on the Île de Nantes.
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Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
Musée Atelier de l'Imprimerie de Nantes · Nantes
45 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:45 AM
95 Bd Gabriel Lauriol · Barberie
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Accueil de loisirs Félix Thomas - Accoord · Saint-Félix
160 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:00 PM
COMPAGNIE DU CAFE THEATRE - GRANDE SALLE · Decré
23 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 AM
Musée d’arts de Nantes · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:30 PM
Place Royale · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:30 PM
Théâtre de Jeanne · Nantes
14 € – 24 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:15 PM
N + 1 · Dervallières
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 AM
Henry & Henriette · Decré
33 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:10 PM
MAGMAA FOOD HALL NANTES · Nantes
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:45 PM
Les Fleurs du Malt · Nantes
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:15 PM
Theatre 100 names · Nantes
15 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:00 PM
Bier Market · Bellevue
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:00 PM
L'Agronaute · Nantes
Prix libre
Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
3is Nantes - School Des Métiers De La Culture Et De La Création · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 4:00 PM
LE MACALLAN · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:30 PM
Little Atlantique Brewery · Chantenay
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:45 AM
Monastère de la Visitation Sainte Marie · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
2 Rue du Couëdic · Decré
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 AM
Henry & Henriette · Decré
33-55 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 AM
Fleming's Irish Pub - Bar à Whisky · Decré
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 10:00 PM
OHM Town · Chantenay
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:15 PM
N + 1 · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM
La Dérive · Nantes
$
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:15 PM
N + 1 · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 7:15 PM
N + 1 · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:30 PM
Théâtre Beaulieu · Nantes
16-28 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:30 PM
Café du Commerce · Nantes
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
14 Rue Beauregard · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 PM
Theater Rue De Belleville · Zola
22 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM
Bateau-Lavoir · Nantes
$$
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 PM
Bar Prohibition · Nantes
$
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:55 PM
WAREHOUSE · Chantenay
Prévente à partir de 0€
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM
La Dérive · Nantes
$
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM
La Petite Cure (café associatif) · Nantes
$
Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM
3is Nantes - School Des Métiers De La Culture Et De La Création · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Pôle associatif Hauts-Pavés · Nantes
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 3:00 PM
Centre Claude Cahun · Saint-Clément
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:45 PM
Boulevard du Petit Port · Barberie
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM
33 Rue de Verdun · Decré
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Accueil de loisirs Félix Thomas - Accoord · Nantes
160 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Salle de l’égalité · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:30 PM
Sport et Santé DALBY · Saint-Donatien
Fri, Nov 13 · 11:30 AM
Hippodrome de Nantes · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Salle de l’égalité · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM
Warehouse Nantes · Chantenay
Prévente à partir de 0€
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:45 PM
Patinoire du Petit-Port · Nantes
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Accueil de loisirs Félix Thomas - Accoord · Nantes
160 €
Fri, Nov 13 · 8:00 PM
Théâtre Francine Vasse · Hauts-Pavés
5€ to 20€
Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM
Zoo centre d’art contemporain · Zola
Free
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