Do you like the Avignon Festival? You will love the Norman Summer Meetings, dedicated to theater and reading in the four corners of Normandy and the Pays d’Auge. An event to share with friends or family.
The themes of the year 2025
The theme for the 2025 Summer Theatre & Reading Meetings in Normandy will be Imagine, which will last from July 19 to August 24.
Animals and Us will be the theme of the 11e edition of Leaving in PoundIt will begin on June 18 and end on July 18.
Shows, musical readings, performances, meetings and literary brunches, but also conferences, films, cultural and heritage escapades, writing competitions and… much more! During the two months of the festival, there are around a hundred events in towns and villages in Normandy.
An event that has been celebrated for several decades
Since 2002, the Compagnie PMVV Le Grain de Sable has brought together every summer an anthology of players from the world of culture. A literary and theatrical festival which testifies to the attachment of writers and creators to Normandy.
“At the beginning, the festival took place only in Houlgate, where the theater company was located […] as the event seduced the surrounding towns. Institutional partners, such as the Normandy Region or the Ministry of Culture, have supported us. There is a real enthusiasm around the Summer Meetings and the fact that Normandy is a literary land necessarily plays a role”,
Philippe Müller, co-founder of the event, during an interview granted to Ouest France.