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The Festival d'Avignon - a field of unlimited "subjects" - and the press train the new generation of journalists to the performing arts. We offer students of journalism schools or higher education a course composed by a training period and an internship in one of the media partners during the Festival. Registration until 4 June!

From now until the beginning of the Festival, the artists of the 76th edition will take over our Instagram page. (@festivaldavignon) Every day, an artist invites you backstage and gives you a privileged access to the preparation of the show that will be presented in July. An invitation to get closer to the artists, the companies and the rehearsals, for a day!

Be ready this Saturday from 2pm for the exceptional online pre-sale of 10,000 tickets! The general opening of sales will be on June 4 online, June 7 by phone and June 11 at the cloître Saint-Louis ticket office. Get ahead now by buying your Carte Festival or Carte 3 clés.

The Centres de jeunes et de séjours du Festival d’Avignon (Festival d'Avignon's Youth and Stay Centres) open a day stay for young people from the city aged 10 to 26. This program, which is running throughout the whole edition, offers young inhabitants of Avignon the opportunity to discover or experience their Festival in a different way, through a series of shows, workshops and convivial moments. Registration is ongoing, individually or in groups!

A new project to raise awareness about theatre, classic and founding texts by reading them aloud. This is the "Voix Haute" weekend which takes place at La FabricA and remotely on Instagram. Two days dedicated to reading Shakespeare and Rimbaud, supervised by professional actors and mediators!

The PDF programme of the 76th edition is now available. It includes all the shows, encoubnters, readings, screenings organized from 6 to 27 July, and all the pratical information. The printed version will be available at at the cloître Saint-Louis (Avignon) from 6 May.

The meeting will take place at Avignon University, Hannah Arendt campus (entrance 74, rue Louis Pasteur, south building, amphitheatre AT02).
Free admission, reservation recommended: 04 90 27 66 50 / public@festival-avignon.com

Are you used to collecting orders from your friends and taking all the tickets when the sales open? This year we are offering you a new possibility to be the ambassador of your group of friends via an internet booking channel open for you from 27 April to 11 May.

One day, you saw a play, saw a show, heard a poem or a song, caught a writing on a wall and these words moved you. Tell us about this experience and the special bond you have since developed with the known or unknown author who, without knowing it, has changed your life.

Every generation bears witness to the end of a world and the beginning of another. Between the two there is a mess, a cacophony, an unfinished theatre.

Browse the "by period" program to see the shows scheduled during your stay. Select the shows you are interested in with the "♥" button and create your agenda.

You can now buy your discount card (Festival card or 3 clés card). It will give you access to reduced rates for all the shows of the 76th edition and a 5% discount at the Place de l'Horloge shop, on the Internet and at the Festival bookshop.

Applications for seasonal jobs must be submitted by April 1st via a form on our website. On the same day, Audiens and its partners are organising a day of meetings at FabricA for the employment of disabled workers in the cultural sector (festivals and leisure parks).

This day is dedicated to hearing health at all ages. The Festival d'Avignon is committed to ensuring that people with hearing disabilities are not excluded by progressively developing adapted measures: accessible communication modes with Acceo, equipment of several theatres with sound reinforcement systems, presentation of the programme subtitled and in LSF....

We print, we cut, we glue and it's beautiful! Last Friday, students in the CAP Signalétique et décors graphiques, Métiers de l'enseigne et de la signétique and Bac Pro Communication visuelle installed a new signage system at La FabricA.

Les Hivernales and the Festival d'Avignon are presenting SOMNOLE by Boris Charmatz. He invites us to a moving celebration of intimacy, backed by the melodies he whistles while dancing. he offers the purity of a magnetic solo. The grace of a moment out of time!

We, the directors of cultural venues in France, express our solidarity with the Ukrainian people and artists. We are ready to mobilise in response to the emergency and the dangers faced by artists forced to flee the war, and to contribute to welcoming them in France so that they can continue their activity and preserve the free expression of Ukrainian culture.

Paper or digital? In the interests of eco-responsibility, we invite you to log in to your account or to create one on our website and decide on your communication preferences with the Festival (monthly newsletter, receipt of the programme...). Follow us on social networks too!

« I could take a bite off the sun
to stop the fire from dying inside me.
I could swallow a stormy sea
so that my anger will not ebb.
I would yield to all possibilities
if I could see you without restraint. »

In the Time of the Apricots, Carol Sansour, translation Youssef Rakha, Al Kotob Khan, Cairo, Egypt, 2019

Histoire(s) du Théâtre, ONE SONG. After Milo Rau, Faustin Linyekula and Angélica Liddell, Miet Warlop is the fourth artist to take up this challenge. Watch the video of the encounter

"FLESH", a creation by the company Still Life. Encounter with the directors Sophie Linsmaux and Aurelio Mergola on Tuesday 7 December 2021 at 7.30 pm at La FabricA du Festival d’Avignon, as a prelude to the 76th edition! Watch the video of the encounter

Encouraged by the interest of our audiences in stage life, we have created "practical" initiations to the professions of stage machinery, lighting and set design. 2 weeks, 3 workshop formats, 300 participants.

The second meeting with an artist of the 2022 edition of the Festival d'Avignon will take place on Tuesday 23 November 2021 at 7.30 pm at La FabricA with Elise Vigier. She will introduce her creation "Anaïs Nin au miroir" by Agnès Desarthe which will be programmed for the 76th edition of the Avignon Festival.

Dans le cadre de l'aménagement des rythmes éducatifs, le Festival invite classes, groupes et partenaires du champ social et de l'accessibilité à assister gratuitement à ce spectacle qui aurait dû être présenté lors de la 74e édition du Festival d’Avignon en 2020.

The 75th edition of the Festival d'Avignon is over. Let's keep an eye on the companies' touring calendar!

Le Festival d'Avignon, l'INSEAC et Avignon Université mènent des études de public qui donnent l'occasion de poursuivre le dialogue avec l’ensemble des spectateurs et de dresser une première photographie des mois passés. Merci de prendre le temps de répondre aux questionnaires !

A l’occasion des journées européennes du patrimoine, le Festival d’Avignon ouvre les portes de La FabricA, son seul lieu permanent.
Lors des visites guidées, découvrez l’histoire du Festival à travers la FabricA avec Clément Demontis, guide-conférencier passionné d’histoire. Les visiteurs pourront découvrir les coulisses de ce lieu qui illustre 75 ans d'histoire, de théâtre et de fête à Avignon.

300 shows for 45 pieces in 38 venues, all in 21 days, the 75th edition ended on 25 July 2021. Find all the programme of the shows, encounters, screenings, and enjoy videos of the Festival on our website.

The play premiered at the 75th Avignon Festival last July. It marks the return to Princeton of Tiago Rodrigues, who presented By Heart at Seuls en Scène 2017.
The screening of this filmed performance is free and open to Princeton students, faculty and staff, on September 18, in the Wallace Theater.

The closing press conference of the 75th edition was held on Saturday 24 July at 11am in the Cour du cloître Saint-Louis. You can watch it online!

Following the announcements of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron on July 12, 2021, we share with you new information concerning the implementation of the new sanitary protocol of the 75th edition from July 21: application of the sanitary pass to all the venues of the Avignon Festival.

We regret to inform you that three shows scheduled for the 75th edition have been cancelled: INK, The Sacrifice and Autophagies. Team members are affected by Covid-19 or contacts. Tickets will be automatically refunded.

We regret to announce that Edgar Morin's health will not allow him to travel and be present for the evening Remembering the Future, on 13 July in the Cour d'honneur du Palais des papes. He will be able to spend the evening with us with us through a video device and all the guests be with Nicolas Truong for this event.
Ticket holders who do not wish to attend this performance will be able to transfer their tickets to another show or receive a refund. Spectators with tickets who do not wish to attend this performance will have the opportunity to transfer their seats to another Festival show or to be refunded.

Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer de nouvelles propositions : nouveau spectacle, représentations supplémentaires, partenariat inédit avec le Festival de Cannes et hommage à Jean-Pierre Vincent... Rendez-vous en juillet !

For a month now, the artists of the 75th edition have been invited to publish freely on the Instagram account of the Festival d'Avignon. Each day, an artist invites you backstage and gives you a privileged access to the preparation of the show that will be presented in July. Discover the photos and videos on our page, and subscribe to follow the next ones!

The current health situation requires us to be extremely vigilant, and although we do not yet know the full protocol that will be in effect at the time of the Festival, we have been forced to reduce the number of seats available for sale by half, a reduction that we will pass on to all our audiences in an equitable manner.
Sales at the Saint-Louis Cloister ticket office: Tuesday to Saturday from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm in June, then every day from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm during the Festival.
Reservations for free entry events open on July 1.

On the occasion of this event, 4 events are organized (discussions, conference-debate, inauguration and walk). Discover the program! Registrations and reservations on unesco@mairie-avignon.com or 04 90 80 83 61

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 !

Our teams invite you to a brand new hybrid and digital experience live from La FabricA. Shakespeare's and Molière's tirades will resound in La FabricA and on the networks this weekend. We can't wait to introduce you to this new format of activities!

Health measures in place at the time of the Festival will be strictly observed, in accordance with local and regional authorities. Our staff and ushers are there to help you and make sure to answer your requests as fast as possible. Please read our health measures for July.

« Immense tristesse. Quel homme délicieux, quelle présence, quelle douceur. L'œil des choses invisibles s'est fermé. L'oreille de la musique inattendue s'est envolée. L'âme qui agrandissait la nôtre n'est plus ; elle n'est plus, mais elle est quand même. Pour moi, pour nous, pour Avignon et Maria Callas. » Olivier Py

A new project with positive vibes for journalists students who are insterested in performing Arts !
We are happy to create the first journalistic residency at La FabricA, under the supervision of Antoine de Baecque, historian, film and theatre critic, and author with Emmanuelle Loyer of "Histoire du Festival d'Avignon".

The programme of the 75th edition is now available as a PDF. It includes all the shows, encoubnters, readings, screenings organized from 5 to 25 July, and all the pratical information. The printed version will be available at at the Cloître Saint-Louis (Avignon) from 19 May.

Each year, the Festival d'Avignon, the Ceméa and the Réseau Canopé offer to children and teenagers from Avignon the opportunity to discover the backstage of the Festival by taking on the role of a reporter. Several videos were made last week, about Hamlet and the installation of the new stage and tier set-up in the Cour d'honneur des Palais des papes.

The LG Arts Center in Seoul is launching Avignon Festival Cinema, a digital event that will run from April 28 to May 2 with screenings of shows from the Festival d'Avignon.

What if Culture wasn’t a search for lost time, but a search for future time? What if we could, through poetry and collective good will, change what was, and give it different consequences?

- Translation coming soon -
Théo Mercier is the artist of the artwork that appears on the poster of the 75th edition. Discover his interview.

Browse the "by period" program to see the shows scheduled during your stay.

You want to work at the Festival d'Avignon this summer ? Applications for seasonal jobs will be open Thursday 1st April at 9am on our website. The job descriptions (receptionist, multi-purpose employee, venue guard, waiter...) are downloadable here :

The Festival d'Avignon works with actors related to the educational and social field throughout the year.
A new newsletter is dedicated to them. It provides them the opportunity to learn about the projects ongoing, to register for collectives projets and to plan their time at the Festival.

Quelles sont les fonctions de l’obscène ? L’obscène convoqué au plateau est-il le reflet de celui présent dans la réalité ? L’obscène est l’un des deux thèmes de travail des classes préparatoires littéraires spécialité théâtre. Olivier Py a ainsi répondu à l’invitation du Lycée Mistral d’Avignon d’en disserter avec les élèves.
Rencontre ouverte à toutes les classes préparatoires qui peuvent nous suivre en ligne et échanger en direct avec Olivier Py.n direct de la FabricA du Festival d'Avignon. La rencontre intégrale est disponible en vidéo.

about the piece "ceux-qui-vont-contre-le-vent" to be presented at the 75th festival d'Avignon in July 2021.

Si l’école est le lieu où chaque jeune a l’occasion de découvrir le théâtre, c’est pour l’immense majorité par l’entremise d’un texte de Molière que cette rencontre se fait… Dans le cadre du 400e anniversaire de la naissance du dramaturge, l’ANRAT lance met à disposition des ressources en ligne, des temps de formation pour les enseignants, artistes, médiateurs et des outils ludiques et pédagogiques à destination des jeunes (et des moins jeunes).

En réponse aux séjours lycéens développés par la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, qui souhaitent rapprocher les établissements lointains d’Avignon du Festival, les Centres de jeunes et de séjours du Festival d’Avignon ouvrent un séjour en externat pour les jeunes de la ville.

Le dispositif d’éducation artistique et culturelle à destination des lycéens « J'y suis, j'en suis » est reconduit pour la sixième année consécutive pendant le Festival d’Avignon. Une réunion d’information pour les enseignants qui souhaiteraient bénéficier de ce dispositif pour leur classe en juillet prochain est organisée à La FabricA ainsi qu’en visioconférence, jeudi 4 février à 17h.

Pour la première fois, Avignon Université participe à la Nuit de la lecture, un temps fort de la littérature en France. Un rallye d’écriture est organisé autour d’un thème tenu secret, qui sera dévoilé ce jeudi 21 janvier à 18h. Le Festival d’Avignon est partenaire, avec la participation des comédiens Enzo Verdet et Hélène July.

Nous nous sommes retrouvés ce samedi à nouveau lourds de notre incompréhension.
Nous qui sommes légalistes, qui respectons comme professionnels et comme citoyens scrupuleusement les consignes sanitaires que nous impose cette crise sans fin [...]

"Nous aurons à réapprendre à voir, à concevoir, à penser, à agir. Nous ne connaissons pas le chemin, mais nous savons que le chemin se fait dans la marche."
- Edgar Morin, Un nouveau commencement", éditions du Seuil.
Olivier Py, Paul Rondin et toute l’équipe du Festival d’Avignon vous souhaitent une belle année 2021.

C'est la suite d'une aventure inédite avec le Réseau Canopé qui vous donne rendez-vous pour un webinaire autour du Jeu des Ombres de Jean Bellorini.

Inscription sur le site de Canopé.

We are sorry to announce Melly Puaux's brutal death, on January 2, 2021 at Prat-Souteyran. With her husband Paul Puaux from 1971 to 1998, then until early-2000s, she harldy worked to spread out the memoryy of Jean Vilar and the Festival d'Avignon.

Dire l’alexandrin, 3 cours en ligne gratuits proposés par Festival Expérience où Olivier Py secondé de 4 comédiens s’aventure dans l’exercice.

Prenez part à ce moment et venez dire Hugo, Corneille, Racine, Verlaine.

Performances are still postponed for now, but keep an eye on tour schedules to know about upcoming events and online recordings by our partners.

The Semaine d’art came to an end on Thursday, 29 October. Exclusive photographs and extracts from some of the performances are available in our archives, along with full videos of all the debates and press conferences and the latest publication by the Agence national de la recherche. Don’t hesitate to dive into this intense week!

Depuis mars, vous avez très nombreux à nous écrire. Courrier manuscrit, courriel, posts... Vos témoignages nous font du bien et nous souhaitions rendre hommage à votre fidélité de festivaliers et à votre matière de nous donner aussi de l'espoir. Une histoire réciproque.
En avant cette lettre écrite par Léone Nogarède...

It is with heavy hearts that we have to report the passing of Jean-Pierre Vincent, administrator of the Festival d’Avignon for many years and above all a major voice for theatre and its history.
As director of the Théâtre national de Strasbourg, of Nanterre-Amandiers, and of the Comédie-Française, he presided over a hundred creations, including his direction of Aeschylus’s Oresteia, which played at the 73rd edition of the Festival d’Avignon in July 2019.

Ce mardi 10 novembre à 21h, rendez-vous sur la page Facebook du Théâtre de La Ville pour un live du spectacle Royan de Marie Ndiaye, mise en scène Frédéric Bélier-Garcia. Avec Nicole Garcia.

“Semaine d’art en Avignon” is a quote, a reference. It was the first name given in 1947 by Mayor Georges Pons and Jean Vilar to the event which would become the Festival d’Avignon. From 23 to 31 October, 2020, 7 shows will be performed in a dozen venues in Avignon and the surrounding area.

Following the measures taken by the defence and national security council on the 21st of October 2020 and announced by the Prime Minister today, especially a curfew at 9 p.m. enforced right from the end of the week in the departments of Vaucluse and Gard, the teams of the Festival d’Avignon are reorganising, in accordance with the sanitary rules, Une Semaine d’art en Avignon.

L’attentat qui a coûté la vie a Samuel Paty est une innommable barbarie. Défendons le modèle d’inclusion républicaine à la française et défendons notre idée de la démocratie dont l’école est la première pierre. En dépit de l’horreur et du deuil, il nous faut espérer.

Video available

Olivier Py, directeur, Paul Rondin, directeur délégué et toute l’équipe du Festival d’Avignon ont le plaisir de vous informer de la nouvelle composition du Conseil d’Administration de l’Association de gestion du Festival d’Avignon.

The printed programme of the Semaine d'art en Avignon is available. Here is a list of venues where you can find it from the beginning of October.

Ce 28 septembre, une rencontre publique sur l'urgence climatique organisée au Théâtre National à Bruxelles, sera diffusée simultanément sur les pages Facebook du Festival d'Avignon et des autres structures partenaires.

For all of us...