MALÉRARGUES
For half a century, Malérargues has been a place where voices, art and humanity meet.
It is a unique place of creation, transmission and community.
Here, artists, students, educators and researchers from all over the world live and create together, exploring unique approaches to developing the human voice in the tradition of Alfred Wolfsohn, Roy Hart and the Roy Hart Theatre.
The Malérargues Endowment Fund was established to acquire, preserve and develop the Malérargues estate as a protected site where people can continue to work on the embodied voice, imagination and soul. Our mission is to ensure the perpetuity of the cultural, educational and artistic legacy of Wolfsohn, Hart and the Roy Hart Theatre.
Why Malérargues matters
Malérargues represents a history of over a hundred years of research, study and practice of the human voice without boundaries.
Deep in the Cévennes hills of southern France, the Château de Malérargues, like the region, is renowned for its spirit of independence. The Cévennes were at the heart of Camisard resistance to religious repression and persecution under Louis XIV. On the façade of the château, a plaque honours the memory of Robert Francisque, a local member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, who was involved in numerous sabotage operations and was shot by the Nazis.
Our voice work echoes Malérargues’ historical spirit of independence. Since the Roy Hart Theatre company took up residence there in 1974, it has been a sanctuary for exploration of the human voice in its multiple and creative dimensions, a unique meeting place for art, research and personal transformation.
Passion for this unique place, alive with stories, history and human dreams, is at the heart of the Malérargues Endowment Fund’s mission to ensure that this extraordinary heritage remains vibrant and accessible for generations to come.
In 1974, a group of artists made an extraordinary act of faith — they purchased a château in France to live and create together and give their work a permanent home. Fifty years later, the Malérargues Endowment Fund exists to honour that vision and carry it forward — ensuring that what the founding members of the Roy Hart Theatre built together can never be lost, divided or taken from the community they created.
OUR IMPACT TODAY
CREATIVITY THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
With your support, the Malérargues Endowment Fund provides for essential work that sustains life and art in Malérargues.
Acquisition and Preservation
THE PLACE
Ensuring the long-term security of the historic spaces for future generations.
Creation and Transmission
THE WORK
Supporting residencies, training and research in voice and performance.
Conservation and Documentation
THE LEGACY
Conserving the archival memory and supporting the ongoing documentation of Human Voice.
“Wolfsohn’s original discovery of the power of this voice work as a way to build embodied understanding of one’s humanity is still vitally necessary a hundred years later.”
THE FUTURE OF MALÉRARGUES
The next 50 years
The Malérargues Endowment Fund exists to ensure the long-term future of the Malérargues estate as a protected site unencumbered by private patrimonial interests: a living sanctuary dedicated to the work on the human voice in the Alfred Wolfsohn, Roy Hart and Roy Hart Theatre tradition, and that financial support is available for those who wish to study and create there.
A fundraising campaign is currently in preparation — but if you feel moved to support the Fund now, every gift makes a difference. To donate today please use the form below. You can also sign up here to be informed when the campaign launches,
Your contribution will help the acquisition of the estate and its preservation for future generations.
Our vision is to continue to develop an international centre that will serve as a living laboratory for research, artistic creation and transmission, in the tradition of Alfred Wolfsohn, Roy Hart and the Roy Hart Theatre.
The exploration and expression of the human voice are essential to mutual understanding and we have over a hundred years of research to prove it!
The future of Malérargues depends on generous donors like you, who share our vision and our hope.
MAKE A DONATION
The future of Malérargues depends on generous donors like you, who share our vision for the future. Your support moves us all closer to making the dream a reality. Thank you.
We offer two secure ways to donate. Please choose the one that works best for you.
HelloAsso (recommended for French and EU donors)
100% of your gift reaches us — HelloAsso charges no fees and issues an automatic tax receipt. Donations are eligible for a 66% tax reduction under Article 200 of the French Tax Code: a gift of €100 costs you only €34, and a gift of €250 costs you only €85.
Stripe (for international donors)
Please use the secure form below. Secure payment processed by Stripe, accepted worldwide. .
French and EU donors who give via Stripe may request a tax receipt by contacting us at contact@fddmalerargues.org
Donors outside France are encouraged to check with their local tax authority regarding the deductibility of gifts to foreign nonprofit organisations.
VOICES OF MALÉRARGUES
