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Playground at Les Ricochets en territoire 2025

Playground. A chinese pole show with acrobatics, theater, dance, and absurd humor. Miguel Rubio flying on the chinese pole

30th edition of the Street Arts Festival _ From 14 July to 29 August 2025

Thirty years ago, Fontenay-le-Comte created a street arts festival whose name has continued to shine ever since: Les Ricochets! From neighbourhood to neighbourhood, it has brought you artistic encounters and discoveries, in a spirit of ever-renewed curiosity.

In 2021, the Community of Communes extended the Festival to two municipalities for the first time. Year after year, its popularity has grown, and for this 30th edition, four stops in the region are on offer.

Les Ricochets is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and this edition will reflect what the festival has embodied since its inception: a joyful, accessible and deeply human celebration.

In 2025, you’ll need to be well shod! The festival invites you on a journey of shows and emotions, from town to town, from Fontenay-le-Comte to Saint-Cyr-des-Gâts, via Pissotte, Les Velluire-sur-Vendée and Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau for a festive opening. Each stage is an artistic stopover, each place a promise of discovery and conviviality.

Les Ricochets en territoire is culture that circulates, weaves and connects. It is laughter that bursts forth, emotion that surges, conviviality that imposes itself as a matter of course. It is a festival for everyone, without barriers, without pretension, with the simple and precious pleasure of being together.

See you on 14 July in Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau! If you want to know more, click here!

Do you want to know more about Playground?

Do Artists Need Their Audience? Without a doubt—without spectators, there is no show. But can artists also rely on their audience physically? Miguel Rubio takes on this challenge with Playground.

Here, the staging depends entirely on the spectators. Their gaze, their presence, and even their bodies support the structure of the performance. Seated on eight chairs connected to the Chinese pole, they become a key element of the scenography. Those who accept this role will feel just how much the artist leans on them to keep everything in balance. Blending Chinese pole acrobatics, dance, theater, and humor, Playground is a performance full of surprises and extraordinary adventures. It is an aerial and absurd playground where comedy meets acrobatic prowess, suspended more than eight meters above the ground.

After collaborating with numerous companies and diverse projects, Miguel Rubio wanted to take the Chinese pole to the streets. He designed a self-sufficient system in which the audience itself becomes the pillar of the performance. With Playground, the magic of the Chinese pole comes to life, unfolding anywhere and for everyone.

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23 June
19:00

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28 June
16:55

Playground at the Les Artoizes Festival 2025

29 June
16:15

Playground at the Les Artoizes Festival 2025

04 July
19:00

Playground at the Belles Sorties d’été 2025

06 July
18:00

Playground at Les Estivales Festival 2025

08 July
18:30

Playground at Un été à Saint-André 2025

09 July
18:30

Playground at the Saison estivale des monts aux marais 2025

11 July
18:00

Playground at Les Estivales à Valognes

12 July
19:30

Playground at La Nuit des Merveilles 2025

14 July
19:00

Playground at Les Ricochets en territoire 2025

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