Les Clés du Festival

Box office at the Maison Jean Vilar
Full price: 7€ / Reduced price: 4€ with proof of age - 26 years old, senior citizens (over 65 years old), intermittents du spectacle, job seekers, groups of 10 people or more, RSA beneficiaries, disabled people.
Reservation recommended for groups: accueil@maisonjeanvilar.fr
Website of the Maison Jean Vilar

Through an immersive scenography, Les Clés du Festival invites the audience to (re)experience the journey of the Festival d'Avignon, from its origins to the present day, bringing together nearly a thousand documents and archives from the Maison Jean Vilar and the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. An opportunity to explore the history of the Festival d'Avignon, understand its challenges and major moments, and discover the works and artists that have left their mark on its history. Through an alternative itinerary, Julien Gosselin offers a behind-the-scenes look at his creation for the Cour d’honneur and shares his perspective as both an artist and a spectator at the Festival. 

Exhibition curator and texts Antoine de Baecque
Scenography Claudine Bertomeu
Lighting Jean Bellorini
Sound Jean-Louis Larcebeau
Graphic design Marion Dejean
Assistant to the curator Adrian Blancard
Scientific committee Nathalie Cabrera, Jean-Baptiste Raze
Documentation and iconography Adrian Blancard, Jean-Baptiste Raze, assisted by Esther Arnaiz García et Lena Pabst
Technical advice Christian Wilmart
Construction Romuald Grandjean
Administration and production Tatiana Pucheu-Bayle
Communication Margot Laurens
Press Marie-Pierre Bourdier, Delphine Menjaud-Podrzycki

Production Association Jean Vilar
Coproduction Bibliothèque nationale de France, Théâtre National Populaire, Festival d’Avignon
With the support of le Festival d’Avignon
In partnership with Compagnie des Indes, INA, Les Archives du spectacle, Chaillot Théâtre national de la Danse, Chambre de commerce et d’industrie du Vaucluse, Avignon Tourisme
Partner Itinéraire bis 2026 - Le Festival vu par... Julien Gosselin Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe (Paris)