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…
Isabelle 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 interl…
The 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…
Philippe 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 sector Phi…
The 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 entering a …
AvignonThomas 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 o…
Avignon 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…
After 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 explains…
Malian 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…
Cour 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 van…
Malian 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…
Théâtre 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 return h…
Avignon 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…
The 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…
After 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 explains…