by José Jimenez | 5 July 2022 | Festival (en)
The 2022 Festival… it’s on! from 7th to 30th July 2022 In Avignon, what is called “The Festival” is actually two events: The Festival d’Avignon (known as the “In”) and the Festival Off. This year both festivals start on the...
by José Jimenez | 1 May 2022 | Festival (en)
The Honour Courtyard in September 1947 for the Dramatic Art Week in Avignon At the end of the Second World War, France, like other European nations, suffered considerably from deprivation and shortages. Cultural creation and its diffusion, heavily dependent on...
by José Jimenez | 1 April 2022 | Festival (en)
Gérard Philipe and Jean Vilar in rehearsal for The Prince of Homburg ©Agnès Varda-Ciné-Tamaris The success began to appear in the early 1950s. A local committee was set up to facilitate the reception and logistics of the work of the Festival teams. It is often claimed...
by José Jimenez | 15 March 2022 | Festival (en)
Young people at Avignon station in 1960 for the festival ©DR With the 1960s came the first pitfalls. First of all, there was immense grief, with the premature death of Gérard Philipe at the end of 1959. During the first years, the Avignon Festival had remained the...
