Tag: Theater
In Avignon, the “off” festival opens beyond the sphere of theater
At the Avignon festival, if the “in”, official festival, offers a handpicked program and supports its forty shows, the “off” is the big machine of the festival which this year…
“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…
Elise Vigier, mirror game, game mirror
The 76th Festival d’Avignon opened this Thursday, July 6, 2022. A program always very rich with around forty shows in the “In” Festival, and no less than 1,570 shows in…
“Anima”, the man suspended in the breath of the Earth
“Anima” is a spectacular performance installation designed by director Maëlle Poésie and visual artist Noémie Goudal. On a triptych of giant screens scroll images of palm trees, rocks, a cave…
Prix RFI Théâtre 2022, the shortlisted texts
Following the call for applications for the 9th edition of the “RFI Theater Prize”, eleven unpublished texts were shortlisted for their literary and dramaturgical qualities and their originality. They will…
“Le Nid de Cendres” at the Avignon Festival: “We are almost carried away as in a dream”
At the Festival d’Avignon, the marathon plays are a ritual. This time, it is Simon Falguières, young author and director, who rubs shoulders with this form with The Nest of…
Denis Gravouil evokes a “trauma” in the theatrical world since the Covid
Since its opening on Thursday, the Avignon Festival has been in full swing. With 1,570 shows scheduled in the Off and 46 in the In, the biggest theater event in…
The director Kirill Serebrennikov in a word, a gesture and a silence
Where is the source of inspiration for the creations and struggles of Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the most admired artists in the world today? He confided to us…
Off from Avignon: “Crossing in clear water in a swimming pool painted black” at the Théâtre du Train Bleu
The 76th edition of the Theater Festival has just started. The “In” with more than 40 shows and the big “Off” machine that fills the city every summer in the…
Capitol Theater prepares for its first post-COVID season
The Chatham Capitol Theater is tuning up for its first season of performances since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022-23 Capitol Theater Presents season will begin in September…