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Sacha Chvatchko

  • THE FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON TEAM

TUESDAY 10 JUNE 2025

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Sacha Chvatchko on Thursday 5 June 2025. Sacha had worked in the technical department of the Festival d'Avignon for over 20 years. He was a member of the Puissance team, affectionately known as the ‘Powerful Ones’, who ensured the power supply to all the Festival's venues. Sacha was also an intermittent staff representative on the works council, committed to justice and working conditions for all. His humanity, his competence, his smiling face and his straw hat were known to all who met him.
We share the grief of his family, his wife Nathalie, his son Dimitri, his close friends and colleagues who were like brothers and sisters to him.
The emotion is immense among all the teams at the Festival d'Avignon who had the good fortune to work alongside him.
The 79th edition of the Festival d'Avignon will be dedicated to his memory.

New show

  • NEW

FRIDAY 25 JULY 2025

This year's collaborating artist Marlene Monteiro Freitas reunites with choreographer Israel Galvàn for a one-off performance of their show RI TE.
The show takes place on 25 July at 9.30pm at La FabricA at the Festival d'Avignon.

RI TE

New performances

  • 79TH EDITION

WEDNESDAY 21 MAY 2025

In response to strong demand, the Festival has entered into discussions with several artistic teams to offer additional performances of their shows:

 –  16 July at 8pm for Le Sommet by Christoph Marthaler
 –  9, 12, 16 and 19 July at 5.30pm for La Distance by Tiago Rodrigues

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First time

What if I don't understand anything? Will I feel like I belong? Am I dressed correctly?

Faced with these questions that we have all asked ourselves, the Festival works to make theatre accessible to all. The "Fisrt time" project was born out of the desire to answer these questions, to respond to a desire to feel at home or to make coming to a performance more comfortable.

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Media education

Because images, sound and digital technology can whet the appetite for live performances, the Festival develops media education projects. Throughout the year, and then in immersion in July, hundreds of young people appropriate the codes of the new media formats to make their voices and those of others heard.

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EAC Practice Workshops

The Festival d'Avignon offers practical workshops designed for as many people as possible, inviting the public to get into action : introductory modules to the world of the performing arts or to reinforce an artistic and cultural education programme.

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