Ô Fil du Loir

2026 Edition — June 5 to 7 at Manoir de la Possonnière

For this fourth edition, the Ô Fil du Loir team has put together a 100% comedy selection, be it romantic, musical, historical, retro or contemporary, in the spirit of the festival: «to counter the crisis, let's laugh!». Three days of shows under a big top, punctuated by Cartes blanches between performances, in the gardens of Pierre de Ronsard's native Renaissance manor.

A «total happiness» opening

On Friday, June 5, the festival kicks off with the musical comedy Virginie et Paul by Jacques Mougenot (libretto) and Hervé Devolder (score and direction), triple award winner at the Trophées de la Comédie musicale 2025 (best show, libretto and score). After the play, make way for Gang of Musette — Le Baluche de la Saugrenue, which sets the open-air dance floor ablaze around its travelling caravan, with javas, waltzes, tangos, swing, biguine and Creole mazurka.

A dark comedy for Saturday night

On Saturday, June 6, it's time for Les Oubliées de Londres by Alexandra Bialy, an enigmatic comedy inspired by real events in Victorian London, tracing Jack the Ripper, followed in the second part of the evening by the black humour show Denise Jardinière vous invite chez elle by Thibaut Boidin (Winner of the best show award at the Avignon off festival 2019 and 2024).

Sunday: a focus on women and humour

On Sunday, June 7, in the morning, the festival offers a cabaret format with the dazzling musical solo Enfin Vieille by Laura Elko (opera singing, piano, ventriloquism, comedy), then in the afternoon the comedy Et elles vécurent heureuses, a female trio directed by Arnaud Maillard with Pascaline Plonéis, Elsa de Bellovsky and Vanessa Fery.

A friendly, human-scale festival

As with every edition, the bar and catering (cheese and charcuterie boards, crêpes, Breton galettes) are open non-stop. New for 2026: first come, first served — a giant board at the ticket office allows you to choose your seat as you arrive, no more jostling at the entrance to the hall.

Friday, June 5, 2026

• 6:30 PM — Festival opening + Cartes blanches + mini-set by Gang of Musette
• 8:30 PM — Virginie et Paul (1h20, musical comedy) — created by multi-Molière award winners Jacques Mougenot (libretto) and Hervé Devolder (score and direction), with Fabian Richard, Carole Deffit and Jacques Mougenot, accompanied by three musicians (wind instruments, piano, double bass). Triple award winner at the Trophées de la Comédie musicale 2025.
• Between shows — Cartes blanches
• 10:00 PM — Gang of Musette — Le Baluche de la Saugrenue (1h30, neo-bal musette) — Sacha la Fauve (vocals), Flo la Bretelle (accordion), Mat l'Empaumeur (double bass) and Jean-Jean la Taxe (Jôse, antique drums) for a retro and virtuoso musical evening.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

• 6:30 PM — Opening + Cartes blanches
• 8:00 PM — Les Oubliées de Londres (1h20, enigmatic comedy) — written and directed by Alexandra Bialy, with Dorothée Moreau, Benjamin Alazraki, Fabienne Tendille, Antoine Bordes, Alexandra Bialy and Léo Grélé. A plot inspired by real events in the streets of Victorian London.
• Between shows — Cartes blanches
• 10:00 PM — Denise Jardinière vous invite chez elle (1h10, black humour) — solo by Thibaut Boidin, Winner of the best show award at the Avignon off festival 2019 and 2024, up to Bobino. A show that has become cult over the years.

Sunday, June 7, 2026

• 12:00 PM — Opening + Cartes blanches
• 1:30 PM — Enfin Vieille ! (1h15, comic and musical solo) — Laura Elko, directed by Trinidad. Sketches, opera arias (Puccini, Offenbach), French songs (Montand, Régine, Gréco), dance, accordion and ventriloquist puppet (Adalbert).
• Between shows — Cartes blanches
• 3:00 PM — Et elles vécurent heureuses (1h15, comedy) — Pascaline Plonéis, Elsa de Bellovsky and Vanessa Fery, directed by Arnaud Maillard. Three women, opposites in every way, meet in the waiting room of a medical practice.

• Musical comedy Virginie et Paul as opening, triple award winner at the Trophées de la Comédie musicale 2025
• Open-air neo-bal musette with Gang of Musette on Friday evening
• The cult show Denise Jardinière by Thibaut Boidin (Avignon off 2019 and 2024)
• Cartes blanches between shows in the gardens of Ronsard's native Renaissance manor
• New for 2026: seat selection at the ticket office as people arrive
• Bar and catering open non-stop (boards, crêpes, Breton galettes)