Team

The Festival d'Avignon is a non-profit organisation governed by the 1901 law, and subsidized by the French government (Ministry of Culture), the City of Avignon, the Greater Avignon Urban Community, the Department of Vaucluse, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region.

Its board includes the following members.

President Françoise Nyssen
Vice-President Cécile Helle, mayor of Avignon
Secretary Christiane Bourbonnaud, former assistant director of the Festival d'Avignon and of the ISTS
Treasurer Claude Morel, vice-president delegate of live performances in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon

Thierry Suquet, préfète de Vaucluse 
Christopher Miles, Director General of Artistic Creation at the Ministry of Culture 
Edward de Lumley, Regional Director of Cultural Affairs of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 
Michel Bissière, Regional Advisor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 
Elisabeth Amoros, Vice-President of the Vaucluse County Council
Claude Nahoum, deputy mayor delegated of education culture and solidarity.

Qualified personalities

Laure Adler, journalist 
Alain Timár, Director of the Théâtre des Halles
Laetitia Mazzoleni, director of Agence de Fabrication Perpétuelle and Théâtre Transversal
Bernadette Rey Flaud Alphandéry, president of the Amis du théâtre populaire (ATP) d'Avignon
Jérôme Saddier, Chairman of Crédit Coopératif

Employee representative

Léa Dony, Head of Production and Diffusion.

Direction

Tiago Rodrigues, Director
Pierre Gendronneau, Managing Director
Eva Terrasson Roche Executive assistant

Executive Committee : Tiago Rodrigues, Pierre Gendronneau, Eve Lombart, Michaël Petit, Magda Bizarro, Géraldine Chaillou, Anne-Mathilde Di Tomaso, Mélanie Corneille, Céline Saad
Artistic committee : Tiago Rodrigues, Pierre Gendronneau, Magda Bizarro, Géraldine Chaillou

Administration

Eve Lombart, General Administrator
Amandine Grammond, Chief Accountant
Amandine Raynal, Head of Human Resources
Maéva Perrot, Head of Payroll
Bernard Valette, Head of IT
Nolwenn Lechat, Head of administration

Communication

Alexandre Quentin, Head of communication and audiovisual
Margot Sibel, Head of Information and Media partnerships

Production

Anne-Mathilde Di Tomaso, Director of Production
Clara Moulin-Tyrode, Deputy Production Director
Léa Dony, Head of Production and Booking
Djamila Gin, Companies’ Hospitality General Coordinator

Programming

Magda Bizarro and Géraldine Chaillou, co-Directors of Artistic Programme 
Lydia Paul Executive Assistant of programming department 

Public reception and ticket office

Mélanie Corneille, Director of public reception and ticket office
Sara Schiavini, Public reception and ticket office

Public relations

Lucie Hass, Head of Public Relations 
Camille Cousy, Public Relations
Juliette Marmisse, Public Relations
Virginie Carletti, associate teacher at the Festival d'Avignon

Sponsorship

Celine Saad, Head of sponsorship and partnership

Technique

Michaël Petit, Technical Director
Philippe Roussel  Deputy Technical Director
Marion Costenoble, Head of administrative of the Technical departement
Nicolas Villenave, Technical coordination for La FabricA project
Xavier Rhame, Head of staging and set construction
Stéphane Veysset, Stage Manager
Daniel Pires, Stage Manager
Noui Meliouh, La FabricA Caretaker

The Festival d'Avignon employs 33 permanent staff, and is gradually growing to more than 700 people in July, including approximately 300 seasonal workers and 360 technicians and artists. For each edition, over 1,500 people - artists, technicians and organising teams - combine their efforts and enthusiasm for several months.

As part of its overall human resources management policy, the Festival d'Avignon is careful to promote respect for professional equality between men and women, in terms of access to all jobs, remuneration and the fight against sexual harassment and sexist behaviour. You will find below the 2024 index calculated on the 2023 data for gender equality at the Festival d'Avignon.)

As part of its global policy of accessibility to all audiences, the Festival d'Avignon is careful to integrate all diversities within its teams. All applications are welcome, regardless of age, gender, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or disability. For the integration of people with disabilities, we are working on possible adaptations of the positions to be filled - within the limits of the applicable rules for the safety of people: do not hesitate to contact us to tell us about your situation.

Recruitment of seasonal workers for 2025 is now closed. Thank you for your interest in the Festival d'Avignon.

Recruitment for technical jobs for 2025 is now closed. Thank you for your interest in the Festival d'Avignon.