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“It’s okay, it’s okay people!” presents at the Festival d’Avignon six authors from Africa and Haiti
From July 15 to 20, at 11 a.m., festival-goers are invited to discover each morning the reading of a new text for the theater by an author from Haiti, Mali,…
What is the ecological ambition of the Festival d’Avignon?
The biggest living art event is also displayed as an “eco-responsible festival”. Beyond the ecological sensitivity, the climate catastrophe to come more and more palpable in the scheduled shows, what…
Opening of the Festival d’Avignon, what world of theater for our current world?
The theater, what can it offer to our current time? The shows, what role can they play in relation to the riots in France, the war in Ukraine, migration or…
Tiago Rodrigues takes the reins of the Festival d’Avignon
Opening of the Festival d’Avignon on July 5 with a new director: the Portuguese actor and director Tiago Rodrigues. Its strong program of around forty shows offers 75 new names…
Louis Velle, actor known for “La demoiselle d’Avignon”, died at 96
Louis Velle, actor and one of the deans of French cinema, died on February 2, 2023 at the age of 96. What had he played in? The Internet user looks…
Theatre: Tiago Rodrigues, new director of the Festival d’Avignon
Special interview with Tiago RODRIGUES new director of the Festival d’Avignon. (Replay) Publicity The Portuguese actor and director succeeds Olivier PY. In addition to this news, four shows by the…
“The great reunion” of the 76th Festival d’Avignon
This Tuesday evening, July 26, the 76th edition of the Festival d’Avignon will close its doors, after almost three weeks and 400 performances and meetings in 40 places. An edition…
“Hidden Paradise” at Off d’Avignon: “Tax evasion is physical”
At the Festival d’Avignon, the theater mirrors the world. Hidden Paradise, a Quebec play programmed in the Off, is a cry of anger against the legalized swindle of tax havens.…
“The image carries”, Christophe Raynaud de Lage, the photographer of the Festival d’Avignon
” Only in Avignon can this type of image exist. He knows all the stages and all the entrances and exits of the festival. His photographs embody the decisive moments…
Opening of the Festival d’Avignon, creation, crises and the public
The Festival d’Avignon presents itself this year under the sign of resilience. The biggest theater event in Europe, with more than 1,600 shows scheduled, opens this Thursday evening, July 7,…