There are epic and uneven shows from Olivier Py and Simon Falguières but Kirill Serebrennikov and Miet Warlop prove to be essential theatre voices The 2022 Avignon festival begins with show…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMIsabelle Huppert stars in a stripped back Cherry Orchard and Von Trier’s Dogville gets a magical reimagining at the theatre spectacular The Avignon festival, returning from a pandemic inte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMThe French philosopher is making a drama out of a social, cosmic and climate crisis in his new show, Moving Earths The philosopher Bruno Latour is a showman of difficult truths. In his stran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMPhilippe Quesne, mastermind behind France’s biggest dramatics art centre, has quit his post – as central government appears to lose interest in the country’s much-vaunted cultural sect…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMThe Palais des Papes’ cat prowls through Pascal Rambert’s show, Christiane Jatahy sensationally channels Homer and the former French president makes a surprise appearance ‘We are enter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMAvignonThomas Jolly presents the spectacular Thyestes, Milo Rau explores a real crime in La Reprise and Julien Gosselin leaves audiences in a tranceThis year’s Avignon festival foregrounds…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMAvignon festivalThis mammoth production of the neocon classic shifts the focus to its enthralling and predatory femme fataleOlivier Py's first outing as Avignon festival director has been ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06AMAfter eight years running the Old Vic, Kevin Spacey has done something his critics never expected: made the place a success. He talks to Andrew Todd about battles lost and won – and explai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMMalian actor renowned for his long association with the director Peter Brook and his work in filmThe Malian actor Sotigui Kouyaté, who has died aged 73, was an important bridge between Afri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09PMCour d’Honneur du Palais des Papes, AvignonComédie-Française and the Belgian director unite at the Avignon festival for a virtuoso stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1969 filmIvo v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMMalian actor renowned for his long association with the director Peter Brook and his work in filmThe Malian actor Sotigui Kouyaté, who has died aged 73, was an important bridge betwee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34PMThéâtre de ParisCarey Perloff’s portentous drama is almost two hours of pure turkey that fails to make the most of its luminous French star• Isabelle Adjani’s long-awaited stage retu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMAvignon festivalThis mammoth production of the neocon classic shifts the focus to its enthralling and predatory femme fataleOlivier Py's first outing as Avignon festival director has been ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMThe vast Avignon Festival is not a neatly curated sequence of works which can be experienced - like certain art biennales or the Proms - as if on a conveyor belt. There are 50 productions in…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:10AMAfter eight years running the Old Vic, Kevin Spacey has done something his critics never expected: made the place a success. He talks to Andrew Todd about battles lost and won – and explai…
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