Théâtre Rouget le Braconnier

Every January and February since 1971, the volunteer amateur theatre company has been performing the dramatic true story of local hero Rouget the Poacher, who went on the run after killing a policeman in 1854, was arrested because of a woman he loved and ended his days in the Cayenne penal colony. This play tells the full story of Louis Rouget, also known as "Rouget the Poacher", an elusive outlaw who played tricks on gendarmes and soldiers.

The village of Daumeray, proud of its long theatrical tradition, is careful to perpetuate the true face of its hero, Rouget the Poacher, in the collective memory. A symbol, at the start of the Second Empire, of the revolt of the modest world of peasants and day labourers against "the well-to-do", Rouget has been living again since 1971, in a show which, for those who have seen it, emanates a real social communion.

A great historical drama in 3 acts and 5 tableaux, a minimum to revive the collective memory: to recall the era of poaching, to explain the gap between laws and reality, between the urban and rural worlds...

On stage Saturdays & Sundays at 2.30pm from 17 January to 8 February 2026.

And don't miss the Rimiaux evening (patois poems or tales), a celebration of folk poetry, on Saturday at 8pm. An opportunity to eat and laugh in the company of the actors. By reservation only.

Recommended for children aged 10 and over.