Les Belles Heures des auteurs is the 4th edition of a festive event to explore today's dramatic writing. Artcena, the Festival d'Avignon, the Maison Jean Vilar, France Culture and their partners invite all audiences to explore the diversity of contemporary texts and spot new writing: unusual walks, singular forms, mystery readings, self-portraits, debates and special moments to meet the authors.
Fiesta - 11am
Story and object theatre by Gwendoline SoublinAll ages 8 and up
Directed by Fiona Chauvin, Olivier Letellier
Le Partage de midi - 12pm
Meeting with Caroline Guiela Nguyen
Hosted by Fabienne Pascaud
Contxto - 12pm
Reading of extracts in Spanish from texts translated from French into Spanish
With Faustine Noguès, Guillermo Pisani and Thiphaine Raffier.
From the publishers' side - 2pm
Excerpts from texts by Grégoire Vauquois, Pierre Notte and Joséphine Chaffin, read by third-year acting students from the ERACM apprentice training centre (École Régionale d'Acteurs de Cannes et Marseille), directed by Muriel Mayette.
Fiesta - 2.30pm
Story and object theatre by Gwendoline SoublinAll ages 8 and up
Directed by Fiona Chauvin, Olivier Letellier
Writing workshop - 2.30pm
Writing workshop with Simon Grangeat based on archives from the BnF on shows at the Avignon Festival.
Je crée et je vous dis pourquoi - 3.30pm
Headphone listening on the desire to create by several authors. Women's Manifesto. An in situ journey with headphones, recounting the desire to create by several authors.
Texts by Gaëlle Bien Aimé, Marie Darah, Daniely Francisque, Halima Hamdane, Hala Moughanie, Emelyne Octavie
Directed by Aurélie Van Den Daele
Fiesta - 5.00pm
Story and object theatre by Gwendoline SoublinAll ages 8 and up
Directed by Fiona Chauvin, Olivier Letellier
Quixote yesterday and today: turning fiction into reality - 5pm
With Gwenaël Morin
Moderated by Olivia Gesbert
The Order Paper: Quixote saves the world! - 19h
An emblematic figure of illusion, who would this knight errant be today? Four authors take up the character to bring him back to our contemporary world. A kaleidoscope serial to be followed in four episodes written by Marion Aubert, Tristan Choisel, Faustine Noguès and Frédéric Sonntag.
On the loose all day
Siestes dramatiques
Headphone listening to France Culture drama.
First listenings
Headphone listening to scripts by winning authors of the Aide nationale à la création de textes dramatiques.
Mystery readings
Unusual encounters with today's dramatic writing.
Author self-portraits
Self-portraits filmed and directed by authors who have won national support for the creation of dramatic texts - Artcena
Distribution
In partnership with AF&C/Festival Off, la BnF, La Criée - Théâtre national de Marseille, l'ERACM - École Régionale d'Acteurs de Cannes et Marseille, l'Institut français, la Nouvelle Revue française-Gallimard, la revue La Récolte, la SACD, Scènes d'enfance-ASSITEJ France, Télérama, le Théâtre National de Nice - Centre Dramatique National Nice Côte d'Azur, le Théâtre de l'Union - Centre dramatique national du Limousin, les Tréteaux de France - Centre dramatique national, and the publishing houses - Espace 34, Les Solitaires Intempestifs, Théâtrales.
With the complicity of the Festival Bookshop.
Technical support from RadioRadio.