DEAR FAMILIES...

Literary meetings and public readings in the courtyard of the chateau of Grignan. 
The 22nd edition of the Letters festival will take place from 4th to 8th July 2017 with the theme "Dear families..."

Bookings by phone : 
04 75 53 63 21, from 11am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm

French-speaking event.

In 1996, on the 300th anniversary of mme de Sévigné's death, the Letters festival was created in Grignan by its mayor, Bruno Durieux. It was the beginning of an adventure that lead to the celebration of a new type : letters writing, a litterary genre usually neglected but has raised a lot of interest this past few years from readers, authors, editors and actors. The festival has shown that letter writing has been a source of inspiration in many countries and eras. 

Program available here

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Programming

  • Grignan

    TUE 4 > SAT 8 JULY 2017

  • Show | Reading

    Full program of the festival

    We only detail here the readings that will take place at the chateau. All details of the festival's program are available here. 

  • Online tickets

  • Grignan

    TUE 4 JULY 2017 - 7:30pm

  • Show | Reading

    Cabaret reading (French-speaking)

    Families, je vous haime

    Creation and direction  Philippe MEYER
    with Elsa LEPOIVRE, Florence VIALA,
    Serge BAGDASSARIAN, sociétaires de la ComédieFrançaise,
    Philippe MEYER et Pascal SANGLA, piano

    1h

  • Grignan

    TUE 4 JULY 2017 - 10pm

  • Show | Reading

    Show and reading (French-speaking)

    The Great Jack London to a Twelve Years Old Person

    Adaptation Virginie BERLING
    Voice direction Jérémie LIPPMANN
    with Romane et Richard BOHRINGER

    1h

  • Grignan

    WED 5 JULY 2017 - 7:30pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    Vincent and Théo Van Gogh, brothers and madness

    Adaptation Agnès AKERIB
    Voice direction Jérémie LIPPMANN
    with Nicolas BRIANÇON et Jérémie LiIPPMANN

    1h

  • Grignan

    WED 5 JULY 2017 - 10pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    Madame de Sévigné « I will be perfect at the end of my life ». Letters to her daughter, the Countess de Grignan

    Adaptation Virginie BERLING
    Voice direction Julia de GASQUET
    with Marie-Christine BARRAULT

  • Grignan

    THU 6 JULY 2017 - 7:30pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    André Gide. Hors de la lignée

    Adaptation Virginie BERLING
    Voice direction Nicolas BIGARDS
    with Alexandre RUBY

    1h

  • Grignan

    THU 6 JULY 2017 - 10pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    « Don't you know I am a great man? » Giacomo Leopardi to his sister Paolina

    adaptation and voice direction Didier BRICE
    with Nathalie CERDA and Thomas SAGOLS

    1h

  • Grignan

    FRI 7 JULY 2017 - 7:30pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    Passion of an abandoned son. Paul Léautaud to his mother

    Adaptation Agnès AKÉRIB
    Voice direction Yves BEAUNESNE
    with Judith CHEMLA et Jean-Claude DROUOT

    1h

  • Grignan

    FRI 7 JULY 2017 - 10pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    My little Paul: Camille Claudel to her brother

    Adaptation and voice direction Marie BOUHAÏK-GIRONES
    with Ruth OLAIZOLA and Mohamed ROUABHI

    1h

  • Grignan

    SAT 8 JULY 2017 - 7:30pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    My darlings.Clarice Lispector to her sisters

    Adaptation and voice direction Marie BOUHAIIK-GIRONES
    with Maria de MEDEIROS, Julia de GASQUET, Lara SUYEUX

    1h

  • Grignan

    SAT 8 JULY 2017 - 10pm

  • Show | Reading

    Reading show (French-speaking)

    "I stay single for both of us" : Kafka to his relatives

    Adaptation Thierry GILLYBOEUF
    Voice direction Benjamin GUILLARD
    with Emmanuel NOBLET

    1h

What else to see

  • Exhibition
  • Sévigné, writer of the Grand Siècle
  • 25 MAY > 22 OCT 2017
  • Grignan

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