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Tue, 26 Aug 2025A.S.F.H
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Hammamet Open-Air Theatre
About
Hammamet's open-air theatre is the stage of the Hammamet International Festival. Built between 1962 and 1964 by the Atelier d'architecture et d'urbanisme on the model of ancient theatres, it opened on 31 July 1964 in the presence of Habib Bourguiba, the very evening of the festival's first edition, with Othello directed by Aly Ben Ayed. Its 1,100 tiered seats overlook the sea, in the gardens of Dar Sebastian, the villa the Romanian Georges Sebastian built in the 1920s, today the Hammamet International Cultural Centre. Every summer, from July to August, the festival lines up concerts, theatre and dance; the rest of the year the centre hosts residencies, talks and exhibitions.
Hammamet Open-Air Theatre
The theatre
Semicircular tiers of 1,100 seats, open to the sky, with the sea behind the stage. Every seat faces the stage; the upper rows catch the evening breeze.
Evenings start after sunset and can run late: bring something warm, even in August.
Hammamet Open-Air Theatre
Tickets
During the festival, tickets are sold at the Cultural Centre's counter on avenue de l'ONU and online through the festival's box office. The dates listed above say, for each one, where the ticket is sold; the Hammamet Festival guide linked below follows the edition's programme and prices.
Hammamet Open-Air Theatre
Getting there
The Hammamet International Cultural Centre is at 97 avenue de l'ONU, Hammamet South, on the seafront road between the centre of Hammamet and Yasmine Hammamet. By car, allow an hour from Tunis on the A1 motorway, Hammamet exit; on festival nights parking along the avenue fills early.
Hammamet Open-Air Theatre
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