Festival Transforme
Live arts festival at TNB in Rennes
About Transforme
The Transforme Festival is a multidisciplinary live arts festival hosted at the Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB) in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine. Conceived by the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, it transforms the stage into a place of transformation — sensitive, political, and intimate — by bringing together theatre, dance, performance, circus, and visual arts.
Transforme Festival in Rennes
The Transforme Festival is a live arts festival held annually at the Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB) and off-site locations in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine (Brittany). Conceived by the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, it is a touring festival that circulates among four partner theatres in France: the TNB in Rennes, the Théâtre de la Cité internationale in Paris, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, and les SUBS in Lyon.
A laboratory of live arts
Transforme offers a focused yet dense program of multidisciplinary shows engaging with the contemporary world: object theatre, exhibition-performance, live documentary radio plays, collective dance, choreographic nights, and suspension circus. The festival multiplies uncompartmentalized forms — immersive journeys, headphone experiences, performances to be experienced lying down or moving among dancers — to invite the public to perceive and feel differently.
Information and program
The detailed program and ticketing are available on the official website of the Théâtre National de Bretagne (www.t-n-b.fr) and at the Rennes Tourist Office.
Transforme — edition 2026
The 2026 edition of Festival Transforme takes place from May 20 to June 5, 2026, at the Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB) and off-site, in Rennes. Conceived by the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès and co-constructed with the TNB, the Théâtre de la Cité internationale (Paris), La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, and les SUBS (Lyon), this itinerant festival makes the stage a place of transformation, at the crossroads of theatre, dance, performance, and visual arts.
Festival Transforme — 2026 Edition
From May 20 to June 5, 2026, Festival Transforme takes over the Théâtre National de Bretagne and several off-site locations in Rennes. Conceived by the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, the festival offers a concise but very dense program of six multidisciplinary shows, where the stage becomes a laboratory of attention, bodies, voices, images, and narratives.
The program blends object theatre, exhibition-performance, live documentary radio plays, collective dance, high-intensity choreographic nights, and aerial circus. The public is invited to experience deliberately uncompartmentalized proposals: headphone experiences, immersive journeys, performances to be experienced lying down or moving among the dancers.
An Itinerant Festival
Festival Transforme circulates between four partner theatres in France: the TNB in Rennes, the Théâtre de la Cité internationale in Paris, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, and les SUBS in Lyon. In Rennes, it is supported by the Théâtre National de Bretagne, European Theatrical and Choreographic Centre directed by Arthur Nauzyciel.
Programme Transforme 2026
May 20 — 21, 2026
- Je suis une montagne — Éric Arnal-Burtschy. A sensory experience that explores our relationship to the world through perception.
- Radio Live — Aurélie Charon. Trilogy of live documentary radio plays.
May 28 — 30, 2026
- Entre vos mains — Marc Lainé. Immersive exhibition-performance, an audioguided tour through mysterious works.
- En fanfaaare ! — Tatiana Julien. A choreographic piece.
June 3 — 5, 2026
- Delirious Night — Mette Ingvartsen. A high-intensity choreographic night, entering a ritual and contagious trance.
- Anitya – l'impermanence — Inbal Ben Haim. An aerial circus creation.
Highlights Transforme 2026
- Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine
Prices Transforme 2026
Practical information — Transforme
Practical Information
Location
Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB), 1 rue Saint-Hélier, 35000 Rennes, and several off-site locations in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine).
Access
The TNB is located in Rennes city centre, near the train station. Metro and bus serve the Saint-Hélier district.
Ticketing
Paid festival. Prices, program, and reservations on the official TNB website (www.t-n-b.fr). Ticketing: 02 99 31 12 31.
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Where does it take place — Transforme
Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB)
1 rue Saint-Hélier, 35000 Rennes, 35000 Rennes