NOËL AUX NEFS 2022
Saturday 17 to Saturday 31 December
From the warehouses to the Carrousel des Mondes Marins and the Machines Gallery, the entire Machines de l’île site will sparkle with a thousand lights.
The site will once again be bustling in Christmas atmosphere, with illuminations, heartwarming food and a programme of arts and performance… the magic of Christmas awaits all at the Nefs for the end-of-year festive season.
Saturday 17 to Saturday 31 December from 2 pm to 7 pm
24 & 31 December from 2 pm to 6 pm
CIRQUE RONALDO (Belgium) – SWING
Saturday 17 to Friday 30 December 2022
No performance on 19, 24, 25 & 31 December
For Christmas at the Nefs, a circus will take up residence at the Machines de l’île.
FULL PRICE TICKET: €14
REDUCED PRICE TICKET: €10 (children 6-17 yrs, students, job seekers, Carte Blanche holders and persons with disabilities)
FREE: Companions of persons with disabilities
ONLINE TICKET OFFICE : click here
Booking recommended
- Show suitable from 6 years of age (access will be refused to children under 6 years old)
- Heated circus tent
- Doors open: 30 minutes before the start of the show (5 pm)
- Tickets available from online ticket office and on the door
- Seating capacity: 290 persons (including four wheelchair users)
- Seating: Non-allocated in advance
- Duration: 90 minutes with no interval
Show times :
5.30 pm everyday (except on 19, 24, 25 & 31 December)
Sculpture on Ice
Saturday 18 to Saturday 24 December 2022
Free – In the Warehouses
Sculptors from La Compagnie La Machine will be at work for all to see in the public space of the warehouses. This year again, their creations from ice will explore the world of trees and the canopy, and will be visible every afternoon.
©David Gallard
Makeme Workshops
Saturday 17 to Saturday 31 December 2022
Everyday except 25 December
Free – In the Warehouses
Makeme has been specialised in organising events involving new technologies for the last ten years. This Christmas, it will transform the Nefs into a laboratory of experiences, offering several fun and exciting educational workshops for young people. Even the youngest children can join in.
- Nerdy Derby Workshop: Create toy cars using screws, bolts, washers, cardboard and wood and try them out on the Nerdy Derby track.
- Ker-kanaveral Workshop: Create a paper space rocket using a sheet of A4 paper, some adhesive tape and a tube of PVC glue and place it on the launch pad!
- Customise your T-Shirt Workshop: Cut out and create your logos, motifs and texts and then transfer them onto a T.shirt with a heat press.
- Shadow Puppets Workshop: Equipped with paper, scissors, craft knife and chopsticks, you’ll bring your creations to life, with a choice of three themes!
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LA BOÎTE À BALLET BY THE FESTIBAL COMPANY
Tuesday 20 to Saturday 31 December 2022
Everyday except 25 December
Free – In the Warehouses
Choreography and performance by Florence Laude
Discover Compagnie Festibal’s winter ballet creation in a snow globe… A doll appears wearing ballet shoes, it’s the paper dancer…
A wind-up toy emerges from his music box and begins his ballet.
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THE PETIT MANÈGE CARROUSEL
Monday 19 to Saturday 31 December 2022
Everyday except 25 December
In the Warehouses
€2 a ride
€5 three rides
This small traditional merry-go-round features 12 marine animals to ride on, all carved entirely by hand from wood.
The carousel was created in 2000 by Emmanuel Bourgeau, the former head of carpentry of La Compagnie La Machine on the Ile de Nantes.
©David Gallard
FESTIVITIES AROUND THE WAREHOUSES
Saturday 17 to Friday 31 December 2022 from 2 pm to 7 pm
Warehouses closed on 25 December
Early closing on Saturday 24 and 31 December (6 pm)
- Christmas decorations with enormous Christmas trees
- Illuminations around the warehouses, gift shop and Arbre aux Hérons prototype branch
- Mulled wine, hot chocolate and gaufres in the Nefs
- Poster art sale
©David Gallard