This February, the Didascalies theatre festival will celebrate its 20th consecutive year as it brings the visual arts of France into the heart of the Dordogne.

Nearly 300 participants are expected for the annual arts and performance festival, hosted in Perigeux and Boulazac. Didascalies will start on the 16th of February with an anniversary party at Perigeux’s theatre. The festival brings together eighteen groups from across the Dordogne and other departments in the Aquitaine region of France. Some of these will come from Perigeux itself and the nearby town of Bergerac, but others include groups from Excideuil, Riberac, Terrasson, and even as far away as the Corsican region of Ajaccio.

Although the festival is reportedly operating under a tighter budget than in previous years thanks to the affects of the economic downturn on public and philanthropic funding, the organisers say that they expect to meet the same high standards as in previous years. The programme will feature workshops and performances from theatre, circus and dance groups.

Highlights of the festival reported on Sudouest.com include a visual and audio exhibition of the artist Cecile Lena, titled “space fades”, hosted at the Palace of Perigeux. There will also be a live music and film performance of the Sleepers group adaptation of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, the famous Louis Stevenson novel. One unique attraction will be a performance by the National Institute for Deaf Children, who will perform entirely in sign language.

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