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In the folds of maps

What if maps were not just tools for finding your way around, but also fields for artistic exploration, territories in which to dream, stories to…
Festival

Variations

Music for piano and keyboard
In partnership with the Fondation BNP Paribas, Le Lieu Unique, the centre for contemporary culture in Nantes, is organising an annual festival of experimental music…
From Saturday 4 April 2026
To Sunday 12 April 2026
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Music

Blonde Redhead

First spotted by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, Blonde Redhead’s music has had several lives, blending melodic influences from 1960s pop, dream pop, and shoegaze…
Festival Variations
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Music

Einstürzende Neubauten + Memorials

The legendary German band, led for over forty years by the uncompromising and charismatic Blixa Bargeld, returns to LU after a last date in 2017. Resolutely inventive,…
coming soon
Free entry
Exhibition

In the folds of maps

What if maps were not just tools for finding your way around, but also fields for artistic exploration, territories in which to dream, stories to be written?  …
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Theatre

Joris Lacoste

Nexus de l’adoration
Why not sing about the world as it is: teeming, fragmented, dissonant but vibrant? Joris Lacoste orchestrates a new kind of ceremony: hybrid, musical, queer, shot…
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Das Plateau

Un jour sans vent (une Orestie)
Un jour sans vent examines the paradox of democracy, the cement of a society built on foundations often laid at women’s expense. Inspired by Aeschylus’s tragedy, Das…
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Music

Macadam Ensemble

Drone Mass de Jóhan Jóhannsson
La cathédrale Saint-Pierre
In 1945, Egyptian peasants unearthed ancient religious manuscripts revealing an unknown aspect of primitive Christianity. These gospels form the basis of the Drone…
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Dance

Lia Rodrigues

Borda
In Portuguese, the word borda refers to an embroidery that decorates, a boundary that separates, but also a mirage. A major figure on the Brazilian dance scene,…
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Dance

Alexander Vantournhout

Through the Grapevine
L’Auditorium – La Soufflerie
n a highly unusual pas de deux combining dance and circus, dancers Alexander Vantournhout and Axel Guérin take to the stage like wrestlers, stripped of all artifice.…
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Theatre

Les Oyates

Comment moi je
Who said philosophy was for grown-ups? The company Les Oyates draws on musical storytelling, puppetry, and a theatre of objects to give young children a poetic first…
Families
Young audience
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Music

Alabaster DePlume

Pannonica
A disciple of a jazz scene that is at its most effervescent, Alabaster DePlume has developed a musical energy all of his own, inviting listeners to immerse themselves…
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Colyne Morange

Plus près… se rapprocher de Joy Division
TU-Nantes
Colyne Morange recounts her fascination with the band Joy Division in an intimate and vibrant performance. A rainy day, a broken relationship, a film about Joy…
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Meredith Monk

with Katie Geissinger and Allison Sniffin in Concert
Meredith Monk is an essential figure on the American artistic scene. A pioneer in extended vocal technique and interdisciplinary performance, she first gained…
Focus Frédérique Aït-Touati
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Theatre

Earthscape

Frédérique Aït-Touati / Zone Critique
Earthscape invites the public to wander through the hidden spaces of Le Lieu Unique. Philosopher Emanuele Coccia and theatre director Frédérique Aït-Touati present a…
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Theatre

Trilogie Terrestre

Frédérique Aït-Touati / Bruno Latour
With her Trilogie terrestre , Frédérique Aït-Touati brings to the stage the philosopher Bruno Latour’s thought in motion, but also that of our time, which is marked…
Focus Frédérique Aït-Touati
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Le Bal de la Terre

Frédérique Aït-Touati
Frédérique Aït-Touati continues her sensory exploration of our planet, this time through dance and celebration. Wearing headphones, the audience listens to the Earth…
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Music

Blonde Redhead

First spotted by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, Blonde Redhead’s music has had several lives, blending melodic influences from 1960s pop, dream pop, and shoegaze…
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Dance

Ball Voguing avec Vinii Revlon

Ball Voguing returns to Le Lieu Unique. To host the evening, the legendary Vinii Revlon, one of the leading figures of Voguing, invites new dancers, whether beginners…
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Theatre

Philippe Quesne

Le Paradoxe de John
Philippe Quesne continues to share his musings on the place of art in our daily lives. He stages the adventures of a fictional character, John, who is busy setting up…
sold out
Dance

Miet Warlop

Inhale Delirium Exhale
Miet Warlop’s pieces are veritable journeys that immerse us in a funny and fascinating visual universe. In Inhale Delirium Exhale , she shows us the inner storm that…
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Music

Bachar Mar-Khalifé

Postludes
The Lebanese pianist, percussionist, singer, and poet Bachar Mar-Khalifé grew up amid the political upheavals in his country. His music recaptures an inspiring…
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Theatre

Pamina de Coulon

Fire of Emotions : Niagara 3000
Pamina de Coulon speaks as if overflowing. Tightly wound, her voice ploughs a furrow where sharp criticism, militant tenderness, and the dented beauty of the world…
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Dance

Mette Ingvartsen

Delirious Night
In Delirious Night , the Danish choreographer transforms the night into a wild party where dance spreads like wildfire. Following on from The Dancing Public , this…
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Theatre

Juliette Kempf

L’Enveillée
With L’Enveillée , Juliette Kempf creates an echo chamber, filled with song, silence, and simple gestures to watch over our dead in a new way. Four stories for a…
Festival Variations
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Music

Melaine Dalibert

Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
Théâtre Graslin
On 24 January 1975, pianist Keith Jarrett gave an entirely improvised concert at the Cologne Opera House, a performance that has since become an iconic jazz record.…
Festival Variations
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Music

ONCEIM · Christian Marclay & Genevieve Murphy

L’Auditorium – La Soufflerie
With this double bill, ONCEIM calls upon two avant-garde figures, Christian Marclay and Genevieve Murphy. For Constellation , Christian Marclay—a pioneer of…
Festival Variations
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Music

Einstürzende Neubauten + Memorials

The legendary German band, led for over forty years by the uncompromising and charismatic Blixa Bargeld, returns to LU after a last date in 2017. Resolutely inventive,…
Festival Variations
Music

Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon, an American artist born in 1953, has distinguished herself since her early days with a hybrid practice that combines contemporary art, experimental music…
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Music

Soizic Lebrat

Pensée à l’instant dite
Soizic Lebrat is a cellist from Nantes who has been focusing on composition, research, and improvisation for several years. In Pensée à l’instant dite , Lebrat gives…
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Dance

Chute libre

Brut(es)
Born in the ghettos of Los Angeles in the ’90s, Krump has a cathartic power. For hip-hop choreographers Annabelle Loiseau and Pierre Bolo, Krump is an extraordinary,…
Families
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Othman Louati & Jacques Perconte

Solaris
Théâtre Graslin
Solaris is a seminal work of literary science fiction written by Polish author Stanisław Lem in 1961. At a time when the impact of human activity is endangering the…
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Theatre

Nassim Soleimanpour & Omar Elerian

ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen)
ECHO is a meditation on exile and resistance. Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, who is prevented from travelling with his plays, invites a performer to take…
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Theatre

Mind the Gap

J’étais parti·e, pardon (dans un autre univers)
While attending a play, a class of 5th-grade pupils vanishes into thin air. What if this strange disappearance had something to do with the theme of their show:…
Families
Young audience
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Dance

Yvann Alexandre

N.éon
The choreographer Yvann Alexandre develops a precise body language, like a calligraphy of the intimate. His new piece is inspired by the Chevalier d’Éon: a diplomat…
Music

Autechre

After a long series of sold-out concerts throughout 2025, Sean Booth and Rob Brown, members of the band Autechre, are preparing for another busy year with more…
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