Les Baladins en Agenais

Les Baladins en Agenais is a theatre troupe from the village of Monclar d'Agenais, Lot-et-Garonne, France.

In 1973, Roger Louret returned from Paris with other actors trained by Raymond Girard at Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique and organised the first annual Festival en Agenais.

[1] By the time of the fourth festival, some of the actors had settled in Monclar and Louret decided to found a theatre company, so with Nicolas Marié and Marianne Valéry they formed Les Baladins en Agenais.

[2] The company continued to hold festivals and events throughout the 1970s and 80s[3] and in the 90s became nationally known due to their television appearances on Les Années Tubes on TF1.

[6] In 2023, a photography exhibition was held in Agen paying homage to Les Baladins en Agenais and Roger Louret, featuring previously unpublished photographs by Annie Presani.