Avenue George Sand

In 1708, on the initiative of amateur actors of the city, the outbuildings of the Carmelite convent were transformed into a theater. Maurice Dupin, father of George Sand, performed there. Faced with the deterioration of the place, it was decided in 1809 that the theater would leave the outbuildings and move to the convent church, its current location. It then knew its hours of glory between 1830 and 1850. George Sand attended many performances and some of her plays were performed there, such as Claudie. In 1904, the Comédie Française came to present "François le Champi" for the centenary of the writer's birth. The theater was first modernized around 1935 following the development of cinema. In 1994, the hall was completely restored into a magnificent Italian-style theater with 200 seats. It is named after George Sand's son, Maurice, a man of theater and puppets.