The Consent Gatherings · June 26-28, 2026 · Angers · Tiers Lieu de l'Esvière

colas Ricard · a rouge éditions

colas Ricard founded a rouge éditions, an editorial line that is artistic, intimate and political. He also organises events around intimacy, consent, affective relationships and tenderness.

Le Collectif La Castagne · Léa Goldstein & Salomé Yhuel

Léa Goldstein is the artistic director of Collectif la Castagne, an actress, author, director, dancer who runs theatre and dance workshops for all audiences. With her, Salomé Yhuel is an actress and musician who weaves sociology and theatre by taking the real as a tool for political writing, notably with the Zétec company. The collective offers a direct and frank treatment of violence and domination dynamics through colourful, symbolic and sensitive worlds. They embody on stage the connections between mental and real space, building bridges between the intimate and the political, with feminism and childhood as central themes.

Lucile (ou Lou) · Tatami Talks

Lucile has been facilitating spaces for exploring consent and relationships for over 7 years, at the crossroads of body practices, popular education and community work. She has led over 50 consent workshops and created many collective spaces blending play, movement and relational transformation. She currently coordinates the European Consent For Youth project with the Tatami Talks association and co-creates the Écolieu de la Gasnerie in Morannes, an emerging collective living place where people are welcome to visit, take part in projects and experiment with other ways of building community.

Max Valla · L'Eclat

A popular education facilitator, Max Valla trained in the pedagogy of the oppressed, theatre forum and collective intelligence. These approaches led him to take a deep interest in power dynamics and then in consent.

Vivianne Rodrigues de Brito

Born in Brazil, Vivianne has been active in dance since 1980. She is currently pursuing studies in social dances, non-violent communication and critical somatics, which reflects her conviction about the transformative power of movement. She currently teaches functional movement exploration, contact improvisation and movement awareness at the University of the Arts in Amsterdam.

Morgane Dupuy & Esther Suel · Alternative(s) 49 + La Fabrique des Gestes

Morgane Dupuy works for Alternative(s) 49, an organisation that protects victims by supporting people who struggle to manage their emotions or relationships with others and worry about acting violently or having already done so. Esther Suel is an actor and facilitator who runs theatre forum sessions with La Fabrique des Gestes, allowing groups to engage in body-based research starting from concrete situations they play out and then discuss.

Laura Pereira Diogo · Causer Consentement / Stop Fisha

Laura Pereira Diogo addresses on-screen and online violence through Causer Consentement and the Stop Fisha collective. She explores how digital images shape our imaginaries of consent.

Thomas Gesmond

A passionate amateur artist, Thomas long practiced improv theatre to play without having to learn lines, before picking up a pen. After writing tales of knights in primary school and more recently a short piece called "Watch the cows fly" in which the cows never left his hard drive, he tries to take a new flight by presenting a stage of creation for a maybe-future-show-or-maybe-not, only the here-and-now matters.

Camille Boulay Laurent · En corps et en mots / Causer Consentement

Co-founder of the En corps et en mots association and trainer at ISFEC Bretagne and Causer Consentement, she works with future teachers, educational teams in primary schools, secondary schools and high schools, and with students.

Emi Heddache · La Foudre prend racine

Founder of La Foudre prend racine, a queer and feminist association blending live performance and popular education, Emi explores the themes that run through her journey: lesbianism, parenting, empowerment and struggles against oppressive systems, focused on sharing knowledge and highlighting silenced narratives. Emi works in schools against discrimination and develops projects at the crossroads of the sensitive and the political, to keep alive spaces where queer cultures are created, transmitted and celebrated.

Soleil Badass · Duo de rap pop queer

A queer pop-rap duo, the cutest boys band in the galaxy lands with their glitter, energy, unique style, humour and tenderness to move things and bodies alike. This close duo, made of a trans man and a cis man, champions a tender and engaged masculinity, between pop fantasy and hip hop energy, with sunny beats. They chose music to make politics sexy, make our intersectional struggles joyful and offer an optimistic vision of the queer world. Soleil Badass raps with humour and intelligence, with striking lyrics that make you want to love your neighbour and turn the other cheek to receive a little kiss.