Théâtre Le Sillon

What Théâtre Le Sillon does

Théâtre Le Sillon is a publicly funded performing arts venue and cultural programming service operated as part of the Communauté de communes du Salagou Cœur d'Hérault, a French intercommunal authority in the Hérault department of Occitanie. Headquartered in Clermont l'Hérault, the venue holds the national designation 'Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national Art en territoire' granted by the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Occitanie), the Région Occitanie, and the Conseil départemental de l'Hérault. Its core product is a seasonal performing arts programme — La Saison — presenting live theatre, dance, circus, puppet theatre, and music, delivered predominantly 'hors les murs' across 19 communes of the Clermontais territory. The current 2026/2027 season spans these 19 communes with performances in streets, village squares, community halls, and outdoor natural clearings, while the main theatre building undergoes renovation.

The business model is a hybrid of public subsidy and earned income. Approximately three public funders (DRAC, Région, Département) provide the bulk of operating support under the Art en territoire framework; this is augmented by ticket sales (€6 / €10 / €13 tiers), season subscriptions (Abonnement Le Sillon: 6 shows for €66), the Les Vendanges du Sillon festival pass (3 shows for €33), annual workshop fees (€170–€265 depending on programme), and ancillary revenue from co-marketing reciprocity with partner theatres. Customer segments include general public, schools (EAC programmes), amateur arts practitioners aged 7+, teenagers using Pass Culture, and socially excluded populations served via Culture et Sport Solidaires 34. Distribution is multi-channel: vostickets.fr online, Ticketmaster, a physical box office at the Office de Tourisme Destination Salagou, phone/email reservations, and a mobile ticketing unit ('camion du Sillon') deployed at each outdoor performance.

Operationally, the venue runs with approximately 11 staff under Directrice Julie Laville, supported by a volunteer ambassador network (Ambassadeurs/rices du Sillon) and embedded within a regional professional network including Réseau En Rue Libre, Réseau Pyramid / Le Chainon, Mouvement HF+ Occitanie, Plateforme Jeune Public Occitanie, and the Scènes associées Cœur d'Hérault three-theatre partnership with Le Sonambule and Résurgence. There is no proprietary technology platform; technology is limited to third-party ticketing, payment, and event registration integrations. The venue's economic logic is public-service cultural delivery in a rural territory rather than commercial scaling, with growth expressed through territorial reach, programmatic depth (residencies, participatory projects, social inclusion pathways), and institutional partnerships rather than ticket volume.

Name

Théâtre Le Sillon

Legal name

Théâtre Le Sillon

Website

https://theatre-lesillon.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Théâtre Le Sillon is a publicly funded French performing arts venue in Clermont l'Hérault, designated Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national Art en territoire. It programs theatre, dance, circus, and music across 19 rural communes via a 'hors les murs' model, serving local residents, schools, and amateur practitioners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regional & Repertory Theatre Companies (MPAGABAB), Touring Theatre Productions (MPAGABAC)

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Theatre season programming
• Arts education workshops
• Rural touring performances
• Community cultural programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Clermont l'Hérault

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales: Individual tickets sold for performances at full price (€13), reduced price (€10 for students, under-25s, job seekers), and very reduced price (€6 for under-18s, social minimum beneficiaries, and selected short-format shows). Some performances are free.
2. Season subscriptions and passes: Abonnement Le Sillon: 6 shows for €66. Pass Les Vendanges du Sillon: 3 shows for €33 during the Oct 15-17, 2026 festival period.
3. Workshop fees: Annual workshop fees: Children's workshops (ages 7-16) at €210/year (includes 2 show subscriptions); Adult weekly atelier at €265/year (includes 6-show subscription); Les Fourmis atelier at €265/year; Les Cigales choral workshop at €170/year (includes 3 show subscriptions). Weekend and single-day bee stages charged at €75 adults / €45 teens. Pass Culture accepted.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Théâtre Le Sillon is a public performing arts venue designated Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national « Art en territoire », producing and presenting a multi-disciplinary live performance season (theatre, circus, dance, music, street arts) in Clermont-l'Hérault and across 19 municipalities of the Clermontais territory. The venue also runs year-round artistic workshops for children, teens and adults, school representations, artist residency programmes, participatory projects, and the Parcours croisés en Clermontais social-inclusion initiative. Operations are currently delivered « hors les murs » (off-site) while the permanent venue undergoes renovation.

Product overview

Théâtre Le Sillon is a cultural venue service operated by the Communauté de communes du Salagou Coeur d'Hérault, functioning as a multi-format performing arts presenter. Its core offering consists of season programming (La Saison) featuring live performances across theatrical genres including theater, dance, circus, object theater, and puppet shows. Supporting offerings include Les Spectacles performances and Représentations scolaires school shows with educational materials. The venue extends its mission through artistic practice programs: Ateliers enfants/ados children's and teen theater workshops, Ateliers ados/adultes weekly workshops for teens and adults (L'Atelier Hebdo, Les Fourmis, Les Abeilles, Les Cigales), and Projets participatifs collaborative creation projects. Additional cultural access is provided through Parcours croisés en Clermontais cultural pathways for underserved populations, Author Residences and Creation Residences supporting artistic development, and educational outreach via Projets avec l'enfance et la jeunesse arts education programs. Content offerings include Videos documentation and Publications season materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Saison (Season Programming) Year-round curated schedule of live performances spanning theatre, circus, dance, music and street arts, presented at partner venues throughout the Clermontais territory for individual spectators, families and youth audiences.
• Représentations scolaires (School Performances) Dedicated schedule of school-tailored performances from the broader season, grouped by school level (maternelle, élémentaire, collège, lycée) and paired with co-constructed pedagogical projects. Targets local primary and secondary schools.
• Ateliers enfants (Children's Theater Workshops) Recurring weekly and themed theatre-practice workshops for children (from kindergarten upwards), offered on an annual registration basis with limited places, designed to develop sustained amateur practice in a coached setting.
• Ateliers adolescents et adultes (Teen and Adult Workshops) Year-round coached theatre workshops for teenagers and adults, delivered in multiple recurring formats (weekly Hebdo atelier, monthly Fourmis creation workshops, Cigales choral group, single-day Bee stages), run on an annual registration model with limited places.
• Projets participatifs (Participatory Projects) Project-based participatory initiatives that invite local inhabitants and amateurs to co-create performance work alongside the venue's artistic teams, distinct from the recurring atelier curriculum.
• Parcours croisés en Clermontais Cultural-mediation programme distributing free or highly subsidised live performance and participatory workshops across the 19 communes of the Clermontais, reserved for inhabitants — particularly those facing social or geographic barriers to cultural access.
• Résidences d'auteurs (Author Residencies) Residency programme hosting authors for sustained writing and research periods within the Clermontais territory, presented to the public through scheduled open moments and readings.
• Résidences de création (Creation Residencies)

Quantifiable outcome

• 19 municipalities host performances in the 2026/2027 season; 3 additional communes host residency outputs; 6 more host workshops or stages.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Communauté de communes du Salagou Coeur d'HéraultcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent local government authority operating Le Sillon as a public service. Responsible for the broader Pole Culture, which also includes the heritage service and library network. Provides administrative infrastructure, staffing, and strategic direction.
• Le Sonambule (Gignac) and Résurgence (Lodève) — Scènes associées en Coeur d'HéraultflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree-theatre territorial network of associated scenes in the Coeur d'Hérault region, operating under a shared ethos of collaboration, mutualization, and joint artistic programming. Le Sillon co-programmes with Le Sonambule (Gignac) and Résurgence – saison des arts vivants (Lodève).
• Réseau En Rue LibrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional network of 14 cultural structures in Occitanie dedicated to street arts diffusion. Le Sillon is a member, enabling touring and co-production of street arts within the network.
• Réseau Pyramid (Occitanie — member of Le Chainon national network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional association of performing arts structures in Occitanie, affiliated with the national Le Chainon federation. Le Sillon participates in this professional network for resource sharing and sector coordination.
• Mouvement HF+ OccitanieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterregional federation advocating for gender equality in arts and culture. Le Sillon is a member, committing to gender parity and inclusivity in programming and workplace practices.
• Plateforme Jeune Public OccitanieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional network of structures working in performing arts for young audiences in Occitanie. Le Sillon participates for programming insight and sector coordination on youth arts.
• Occitanie en scèneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional arts support organization for live performance in Occitanie. Provides programming support, co-production facilitation, and receives Plan Led Spectacle Vivant funding from the EU (FEDER) via Occitanie en scène.
• OARA Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional arts agency in Nouvelle-Aquitaine providing support for touring and co-production of performing arts across the broader southwestern France region.
• La Verrerie d'Alès – Pôle national des arts du cirque (PNAC) OccitanieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational circus arts pole in Occitanie. Provides support and networking for circus programming and touring within the regional circus arts ecosystem.
• ONDA (Office national de la diffusion artistique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational office for artistic diffusion providing professional resources, documentation, and sector intelligence to supported cultural venues.
• Pass CulturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Ministry of Culture programme enabling 15-21 year olds to access cultural offerings. Le Sillon is an approved partner venue, enabling young audiences to purchase tickets via the app. Both individual (age-based) and collective institutional credits are used by schools and classes.
• Culture et Sport Solidaires 34coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial inclusion association (successor to Cultures du Coeur) dedicated to fighting exclusion by enabling cultural access for people who are excluded. Le Sillon donates performance invitations to the association for redistribution to supported individuals. Partnership is part of the broader Parcours croisés en Clermontais initiative.
• Lycée René GosseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal secondary school partnering with Le Sillon through DRAC Occitanie for the optional theatre curriculum. Le Sillon provides professional artist workshops, a spectatorship pathway (spectacles, creation follow-ups, artist encounters, masterclasses), and cross-programming with partner theatres (Les 13 Vents CDN Montpellier, Domaine d'O).
• Planning Familial de l'HéraultminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal branch of the French Family Planning association. Partner for the 60 ans d'écoute performance (May 2027), which explores feminist history, abortion rights, and gender equality. Also partners include Centre de Santé Sexuelle du Coeur d'Hérault and local women's rights organizations.
• Théâtre Molière – Sète, Scène nationale Archipel de Thau / Scène nationale du Grand Narbonne – Domaine d'O / Scène de Bayssan BéziersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner theatres offering reciprocal reduced rates for each other's season subscribers. Le Sillon abonnés receive reduced rates at these partner venues, and vice versa, facilitating cross-territory audience mobility.
• Local associations and municipalities across ClermontaiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of local associations, municipalities, and community groups that co-host performances, provide venues, organize catering and refreshments, and collaborate on cultural events. Includes associations such as Association culturelle de Villeneuvette, which co-programmes events like Obaké and Newroz with Le Sillon.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• L'Hexagone – Scène nationale Meylan: Scène nationale in Meylan (Grenoble) with broader programming scale and longer-established infrastructure. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary public performing arts venue in France, though with a larger fixed-venue footprint than Le Sillon's hors les murs model.

Direct peers

• Le Sonambule (Gignac): Scène associée in Coeur d'Hérault operating a multi-disciplinary live performance and residency program in Gignac. Directly comparable as a fellow 'hors les murs' rural scène and an explicit partner theater in the same three-theatre territorial network.
• Résurgence – saison des arts vivants (Lodève): Scène associée in Coeur d'Hérault presenting live performing arts across Lodève and surrounding communes. Directly comparable as the third member of Le Sillon's co-programming network, sharing ethos of mutualization and joint artistic direction.
• Scène de Bayssan (Béziers): Scène publique in Béziers offering reciprocal subscription benefits to Le Sillon abonnés. Comparable as a public venue presenting theater, music, and circus across Hérault territory with similar ticketing tiers.
• La Verrerie d'Alès – Pôle national des arts du cirque: National circus arts pole in Alès and an explicit partner of Le Sillon. Comparable as a publicly funded venue in Occitanie supporting circus programming, artist residencies, and touring within the regional ecosystem.
• Théâtre Molière – Sète, Scène nationale Archipel de Thau: Scène nationale offering reciprocal subscription benefits to Le Sillon abonnés. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary public performing arts venue in the Occitanie coastal region with similar ticketing, education, and audience-development programs.
• Scène nationale du Grand Narbonne – Domaine d'O: Scène nationale with cross-territory subscription benefits with Le Sillon. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary public venue operating across a rural/semi-rural catchment in Occitanie with school and social-inclusion programs.
• Le Parvis – scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées: Scène nationale operating across a low-density Pyrenean territory. Comparable as a publicly funded rural-area performing arts venue with touring, school, and social-inclusion programs in southwestern France.
• Les 13 Vents CDN Montpellier: Centre Dramatique National referenced as a cross-programming partner for Le Sillon's Lycée René Gosse project. Comparable as a public performing arts venue in Occitanie with co-production and educational programming.
• Théâtre de Cornouaille (Quimper): Scène nationale in Brittany operating across a rural territory with a comparable hors les murs model. Comparable as a publicly funded multi-disciplinary venue distributing programming outside its main stage to surrounding communes.

Market position

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