As every year, after the last play of the Kerhervy amateur theatre festival, in Lanester (Morbihan), at the boat cemetery, the juries present the plays that they have awarded prizes. This 41e edition was no exception and the team of the Fontaine aux Chevaux, the organizing association, staged the 2024 prize list on Saturday evening, June 29, 2024, by highlighting the Olympic Games. The youth jury began the session by awarding This pretty nightingale that always comes backby the company Les Puces Savantes de Nantes. The play was also awarded by the Fontaine aux Chevaux for its favorite of the festival. “The company will be invited to come and replay the play at Quai 9 this fall,” said Jérôme Aguerre, the president of the Fontaine aux Chevaux.
Three pieces awarded prizes by Festhéa
For the Festhéa selection, the choice fell on the Boréale’s association from Chartres-de-Bretagne for The reunification of the two Koreasby Joël Pommerat. She will thus represent Brittany at the national amateur theater festival of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (Indre-et-Loire), which will be held from October 26 to November 2, 2024. In the event of her being unable to perform, the jury has chosen as a substitute the Compagnie Pré en Bulles de Lanester which presented All my dreams start from Austerlitz stationby Mohamed Kacimi.
The jury awarded a 3e prize, out of competition, to the Artiteiz company of Theix for Alphonse’s gardenby Didier Caron. For the City of Lanester prize, the jury rewarded the Compagnie des Arts Croisés of Fouesnant with Bluebeard’s women.
