Choreographers Selma and Sofiane Ouissi appear only on screen in Laaroussa Quartet, now in performance at the Festival ...

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 ...

The impulse with Avignon’s Cour d’Honneur is to go big. Since the Festival’s inception in 1947, artists have attempted to ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

T he United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 26 new sites to the World Heritage ...