Productions

By Heart, Tiago Rodrigues, 2023 © Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Festival productions

In addition to its work as a co-producer, the Festival d’Avignon produces its own shows, working as an executive producer for some of them. In that regard, the Festival is responsible for the financial and technical aspects of the production, serving as the employer of all artists, collaborators, and technicians working on the show. It also makes its Avignon workshops available for set building. Moreover, it also serves as a tour manager in France and abroad.

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Une Ombre vorace

Directed by Mariano Pensotti
Creation 2024

Next tour dates :

From 19 to 21 November 2024: La Vignette scène conventionnée Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France
From 8 to 12 April 2024: Théâtre Dijon-Bourgogne CDN, Dijon, France
From 20 to 24 May 2025: Théâtre Silvia Monfort, Paris, France
Between 26 and 29 June 2025: Touring performances, programmed by Théâtre de Grasse, France

Catarina and the beauty of killing fascists

Written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues
A 2020 production

What is a fascist? Is there a place for violence in the struggle for a better world? Can we violate the rules of democracy when we seek better ways to defend it?

Next tour dates:

13 to 17 November 2024: Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, United States
10 and 11 December 2024: Nicosia International Festival, Cyprus
9 and 10 January 2025: Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen, France
18 and 19 January 2025: La FabricA du Festival d'Avignon, Avignon, France
24 to 26 January 2025: Ponto C, Penafiel, Portugal
31 January and 1st February 2025: Teatro Viriato, Viseu, Portugal
6 and 7 February 2025: Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, in partnership with Théâtre du Point du Jour, Lyon, France
11 to 14 February 2025: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
20 and 21 February 2025: LAC, Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano, Switzerland
From 19 to 21 March 2025: La Criée Théâtre National de Marseille, France

By Heart

Written, directed and performed by Tiago Rodrigues
Creation 2013

Going blind, Tiago Rodrigues’s grandmother looks for a final book to learn by heart. So was born By Heart, this essential show.

Next tour dates :

4 and 5 February 2025: Théâtre du Champ au Roy, Guingamp, France
10 February 2025: Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
28 February and 1 March 2025: Théâtre de Grasse, France
25-28 March 2025: Théâtre Silvia Monfort, Paris, France

L'Addition

Written and directed by Tim Etchells
A 2023 production

A customer orders a drink and things go awry. With this scene tirelessly repeated by performers Bert & Nasi, Tim Etchells’s bill turns out to be steep indeed. Are we in a nightmare or in a comedy?

Next tour dates:

6 and 7 May 2025: La Comète Scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne, France

The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Tchekhov / Directed by Tiago Rodrigues
A 2021 production

In this Chekhov play, Tiago Rodrigues has found great material with which to fuel his dramatic machine, break the fourth wall, and bring the audience together around the great challenges of today.

Next tour dates:

4 and 5 April 2025: Macau Cultural Center, Macau, China
11 to 13 April 2025: Shanghai Cultural Square Center, Shanghai, China
18 and 19 April 2025: Jiangsu Center for the Performing Arts, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
25 to 27 April 2025: National Center for Performing Arts, Beijing, China

On ne fait jamais relâche - Tribute to Alain Crombecque

Curator Antoine de Baecque
Created in 2024

An exhibition dedicated to the memory of Alain Crombecque, late director of the Festival d’Avignon (1985-1992) and of the Festival d’Automne in Paris (1992-2009).

The exhibition can be seen at the Maison Jean Vilar until 31 March 2025.

Shows and exhibitions produced by the Festival since 2006

Une Ombre vorace, text and direction by Mariano Pensotti (Pièce Commune / Volksstück, 2024)

On ne fait jamais relâche, Tribute to Alain Crombecque, curator Antoine de Baecque (2024)

By Heart, written, directed and performed by Tiago Rodrigues (2013)

Catarina and the beauty of killing fascists, written and directed by Tiago Rodrigues (2020)

L'Addition, written and directed by Tim Etchells (Pièce Commune / Volksstück, 2023)

Shared Landscape, 7 pieces between fields and forests, design and curation Caroline Barneaud et Stefan Kaegi (2023)

L'œil présent, exhibition by Christophe Raynaud de Lage (2022-2023)

My Exalted youth, written and directed by Olivier Py (2022)

The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tiago Rodrigues (2021)

FRATERNITY, A fantastic tale, written and directed by Caroline Guiela Nguyen (2021)

Hamlet in the imperative !, based on William Shakespeare, directed by Olivier Py (2021)

Endless Andromaque, by Jean Racine directed by Gwenaël Morin

Love Triumphant, written and directed by Olivier Py (2019)

The Odyssey, by Homer, created by Blandine Savetier (2019)

Friendship, directed by Irène Bonnaud (2019)

Macbeth philosopher, by William Shakespeare, created by Olivier Py and Enzo Verdet with the Centre pénitentiaire Avignon-Le Pontet (2019)

Pure Present, written and directed by Olivier Py (2018)

Ladies, Gentlemen and the reste of the world, created by David Bobée (2018)

Antigone, by Sophocles, created by Olivier Py with the Centre pénitentiaire Avignon-Le Pontet (2018)

A Lad’s Word, by Nadjette Boughalem with the Maison Pour Tous Champfleury (2018)

The Parisians, written and directed by Olivier Py (2017)

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, created by Olivier Py with the Centre pénitentiaire Avignon-Le Pontet (2017)

We’ll have everything, created by Christiane Taubira and Anne-Laure Liégeois (2017)

Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus, translated and directed by Olivier Py (2016)

Straight to the Heart, choreography by Thierry Thieû Niang (2016)

The Sky, the Night, and the Glorious Stone, created by La Piccola Familia (2016)

King Lear, by William Shakespeare, translated and directed by Olivier Py (2015)

Plato’s Republic, adaptated by Alain Badiou, read by Valérie Dréville, Didier Galas, Grégoire Ingold (2015)

The Prince of Homburg, by Heinrich von Kleist, directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2014)

Orlando or Impatience, written and directed by Olivier Py (2014)

The Girl, the Devil and the Mill, based on the brothers Grimm, written and directed by Olivier Py (2014)

Cour d'honneur, directed by Jérôme Bel (2013)

Walk about the Villages, written by Peter Handke, directed by Stanislas Nordey (2013)

Ultimate track, directed by Séverine Chavrier (2012)

At Least I Will Have Left a Beautiful Corpse, based on William Shakespeare, directed by Vincent Macaigne (2011)

Miss Julie, by August Strindberg, directed by Frédéric Fisbach (2011)

My Secret Garden, written by Falk Richter and Stanislas Nordey (2010)

The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare, directed by Jean-Baptiste Sastre (2010)

Papperlapapp, directed by Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock (2010)

Angelo, the Tyrant of Padua, by Victor Hugo, directed by Christophe Honoré (2009)

The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, directed by Amos Gitai (2009)

Break of Noon, by Paul Claudel, directed by Gaël Baron, Nicolas Bouchaud, Charlotte Clamens, Valérie Dréville, and Jean-François Sivadier (2008)

The Silence of the Communists, by Vittorio Foa, Miriam Mafai, and Alfredo Reichlin, directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent (2007)

Cruda, vuelta y vuelta, al punto, chamuscada, directed by Rodrigo García (2007)

Paso Doble, directed by Miquel Barceló and Josef Nadj (2006)

Léa Dony, Head of Production and Booking

Anne-Mathilde Di Tomaso, Director of Production

The Festival production department

The Festival d’Avignon is recognised for its capacity to produce and co-produce shows, thus helping companies finalise their production budgets and setting up tours. It supports the creation of new projects and helps companies in their dealings with co-producers, but also with local, national, and international authorities. The Festival d'Avignon's production department works closely with international teams to ensure that many of its productions are presented in their original language, with surtitles in French and English, and that the translations and surtitles are of the highest quality, often commissioned specially for each edition.

Every year, the Festival co-produces over half the shows of its programme. It can also lend material support thanks to LaFabricA and its workshops. Several residencies take place there over the winter and spring, some of which also include set building or engineering help to find technical solutions to artistic wishes. La FabricA welcomes artists for a total of over one hundred days of residencies every year.

La FabricA : A place for residencies, creation and artistic actions