Rising temperatures pose an existential threat to the theater extravaganza, where extreme heat is making it tough for the ...

The festival opener “Nôt,” from Marlene Monteiro Freitas, drew both boos and applause. Elsewhere, for Anne Teresa De ...

As part of the official program for the Off-Avignon festival, Joanna Pickering will perform her one act play Lara's Journey ...

In this episode, Kings and Generals explores the Avignon Papacy - a time when French monarchs effectively “kidnapped” the Pope and moved the center of Catholic power from Rome to France. What began as ...

Choreographers and poets from the Middle East and North Africa feature in the 79th edition's lineup, but playwrights remain ...

This week on arts24, Eve Jackson is in the studio while our reporter Olivia Salazar-Winspear is on the ground at one of the ...

Pelicot's landmark case led to reforms in France's rape laws after she bravely testified about enduring a decade of sexual ...

With his new work presented at the Festival d'Avignon, the Lebanese choreographer denounces the living conditions of domestic ...

Gisele Pelicot, a symbol of women's rights in France for her courageous testimony about enduring a decade of sexual abuse, ...

Global hero Gisèle Pelicot has been awarded France’s highest civilian honour for her bravery during her rape and sexual ...

Gisèle Pelicot, a French woman who gained global recognition for her bravery during a high-profile rape trial last year, has been given France’s highest civilian honour. Pelicot chose to waiver her ...

Avignon Festival, the largest performing arts festival in Europe, held every summer in the former papal city in southern ...