Festival Actoral 2026

With a multidisciplinary program combining theater, dance, visual arts, performance, music, cinema and literature, this international festival showcases and gives voice to the diversity and vitality of contemporary creation. Every autumn, for three weeks, more than two hundred French and international artists come to Marseille to perform. If Actoral is an exhilarating human and artistic adventure, it is also a community event that brings people together. The festival unites around twenty cultural venues. Together, we welcome audiences, co-produce events and share our expertise to offer around one hundred exceptional events. Thanks to this collaboration, thousands of festivalgoers roam the streets and neighborhoods of Marseille, comparing their personal view of the world with the perspectives offered by the artists. Encouraging curiosity, high standards and critical thinking is our aim. The festival is committed to introducing young people in the area to artistic discovery and practice. With the support of passionate teachers and committed organizations, numerous projects are developed: workshops preparing audiences for performances, festivalgoer pathways, introductions to performing arts professions, meetings with artists... The first names for Festival actoral 2026 have been announced! See you in July for the full program reveal and the opening of online ticket sales. prelude - 12 September – La Cômerie week 1 Tiran Willemse, SYNTHETIC/Artefact 23 and 24 September, Théâtre des Calanques Anacarsis Ramos / Pornotráfico, Mi madre y el dinero 24, 25 and 26 September, Théâtre Joliette, with the Allez savoir festival Vimala Pons, Honda Romance 25 and 26 September, LaMAM, with La Criée – Théâtre national de Marseille Mahmoud Darwich Poetry Day – with the Centre Pompidou 25 and 27 September, LaMAM and the [mac] musée d'art contemporain week 2 Rodrigo García, Están jodidos / Dicen que se alegran 30 September and 1 October, Friche la Belle de Mai DameChevaliers – Adèle Haenel and Caro Geryl, Voir clair avec Monique Wittig 30 September and 1 October, Friche la Belle de Mai Marion Siéfert and Matthieu Bareyre, Bunker 3 and 4 October, Friche la Belle de Mai, with La Criée – Théâtre national de Marseille Stéphanie Aflalo, Tout doit disparaître 3 and 4 October, Friche la Belle de Mai week 3 Smaïl Kanouté, Sô Ava 6 October, LaMAM Alberto Cortés, El corazón de Ester 6 and 7 October, Friche la Belle de Mai Philippe Quesne, Le Paradoxe de John 7 and 8 October, LE ZEF – Scène nationale de Marseille Jana Jacuka, HA 7 and 8 October, GMEM – Friche la Belle de Mai Le Zerep, Sturbzep 8 and 9 October, Théâtre du Bois de l’Aune, Aix-en-Provence and also Khalil Albatran and Bilal Alkhatib Katerina Andreou and Mélissa Guex Harald Beharie Laju Bourgain and Théophylle Dcx Sonia Chiambretto John Deneuve Samir Laghouati-Rashwan Geneviève Matthieu Dana Michel Gaëtan Rusquet Grégoire Schaller visual arts Louisa Babari ludovic hadjeras Katia Kameli Randa Maroufi Valentin Noujaïm literature & talks Haidar Al-Ghazali Jean D’Amérique Asmaa Azaizeh Mustapha Benfodil Carolina Bianchi Antoine Charbonneau-Demers Adèle Haenel Karim Kattan Victor Malzac Mascare Mehdi Meklat and Badroudine Saïd Abdallah Hippolyne NxNN Joëlle Sambi Jonas Sollberger Laura Vazquez Louisa Yousfi Evenings with Éditions L’Arche, Barzakh and Tumulte