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

Discover how Paris-based artist Jean-Michel Othoniel has transformed Avignon in southern France into a city-sized love poem ...

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

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

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

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

Arts24’ and ‘À l’Affiche’ at the Heart of the 79th Edition… As the curtain rises on the 79th Festival d’Avignon, France 24 is ...

Glide over the medieval charm of Avignon, France, with stunning drone footage capturing its historic treasures. Glide over the majestic Palais des Papes, the iconic Pont Saint-Bénézet, and the ...

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

One of the attackers was killed, run over by the bride and groom's car as they tried to escape, a source close to the ...

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

The ex-wife of the so-called ‘Monster of Avignon’ spoke out after her former husband stunned a French courtroom by admitting all the abuse charges against him and saying: “I am a rapist like ...