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  • COUR D'HONNEUR

Friday, 7 May, 2021

A new Cour d'honneur ! The 6th in the history of the Festival d'Avignon.
A very beautiful work composed of a primary structure, a new stage and a 1947-seat bleacher in a historic setting: the Palais des papes in Avignon. Months of design and construction !

Stage set-up © Christophe Raynaud de Lage / Festival d’Avignon (new set-up in the Cour d'honneur du Palais des papes)

Before you can settle in and contemplate the starry sky while waiting for the curtain to rise, we invite you to our first visit to the site.

With photos, follow the levelling of the floor, the beautiful wooden stage that will soon be covered in a deep black, and of course the famous crane... Christophe Raynaud de Lage shares with us his logbook of the construction site with new and unique photos every week!

See you every Friday to follow the progress!

A special thought for our partners Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Ministère de la Culture avignon tourisme Palais des Papes - Avignon

And to all those gathered around this extraordinary work:
Maîtrise d’ouvrage : Association de Gestion du Festival d’Avignon
Mandataire Maîtrise d’ouvrage : Citadis Aménagement
Bureau de contrôle : Alpes Contrôles
AMO : Artsceno
Maîtrise d’oeuvre : Groupement Guillet
Mandataire : Guillet SA
Fabrication structure gradin et scène : Guillet SA
Scénographie : KANJU
Conception et direction technique : artéOh
Tribunes télescopiques et fauteuils : Master Industrie
Montage et démontage : FL Structure
Lumière éclairage : RT-Events, Partenaire de vos événements
Architecte du patrimoine : Maffre Architectural Workshop

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It rained that night... and this 4th visit to the site took advantage of it. Between fantasy and reality, colours and shimmering.

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