Théâtre des Halles, Theatre venue in Avignon, France

The Théâtre des Halles occupies a former convent of Poor Clares founded in 1239, with a pale stone facade of irregular blocks. Its two performance spaces are the Salle du Chapitre, whose stage is 11 metres wide and 24 metres deep, and the Chapelle Sainte-Claire, seating about 50.

The convent of Poor Clares was founded in 1239 inside Avignon's old walls, near Porte Pia and the Halles market. In its chapel, on 6 April 1327, Petrarch first met Laura de Noves. In 1983 the director Alain Timár turned the convent into the Théâtre des Halles, and in 1932 the Académie de Vaucluse had an epigraph of that meeting fixed to the church facade.

The theatre takes its name from the Halles d'Avignon, the Provençal market near Place Pie. Its home is a Clarissan convent founded in 1239; in its chapel Petrarch met Laura de Noves, and a 1932 epigraph by the Académie de Vaucluse on the facade recalls that meeting.

The theatre stands inside the old town walls, near Place Pie and the Halles market, and takes its name from that market. The Salle du Chapitre holds 200 to 300 seats in tiered rows, with a stage 11 m wide and 24 m deep. The Chapelle Sainte-Claire seats about 50 and hosts small-format shows, especially during the Avignon Festival. Dressing rooms and toilets next to the Salle du Chapitre are accessible to visitors with disabilities.

One of the two performance spaces is housed in a former chapel whose original religious architecture remains intact. This dual purpose—mixing spiritual heritage with contemporary theater use—creates an unusual setting for smaller productions.