REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE SOMMET By Christoph Marthaler
Duri Bischoff’s set for Christoph Marthaler’s Le Sommet, now playing at the Festival d’Avignon’s FabricA theatre, presents a photorealistic cross-section of a chalet.
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REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE CANARD SAUVAGE By Thomas Ostermeier
Tragedy doesn’t hinge on a twist but on a reversal or, as the Greeks termed it, a peripeteia.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LES PERSES By Gwenaël Morin
From 2023 to 2026, Festival d’Avignon artistic director Tiago Rodrigues has invited director Gwenaël Morin to stage an annual production under the banner Démonter Les Remparts Pour Finir Le Pont / Dismantle the Walls to Finish the Bridge.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE PROCÈS PELICOT By Milo Rau
Les Amazones d’Avignon, a local feminist collective, distributed flyers to audience members entering the Cloître des Carmes for Milo Rau’s Le Procès Pelicot.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE SOULIER DE SATIN By La Comédie Française
Since its founding in 1947, only a handful of performances at the Festival d’Avignon have achieved mythic status.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents BREL By Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Solal Mariotte
I should perhaps begin with a confession: I don’t know the work of Jacques Brel.
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REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents REENCANTO By Mayra Andrade
The impulse with Avignon’s Cour d’Honneur is to go big.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents DELIRIOUS NIGHT By Mette Ingvartsen
Mette Ingvartsen’s Delirious Night, now in performance at the Festival d’Avignon’s Cour du Lycée St.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LAAROUSSA QUARTET By Selma & Sofiane Ouissi
Choreographers Selma and Sofiane Ouissi appear only on screen in Laaroussa Quartet, now in performance at the Festival d’Avignon’s La Fabrica.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents NÔT By Marlene Monteiro Freitas
This past week, I found myself explaining the concept of “commit to the bit” to a friend in Paris.
REVIEW: The Festival d’Avignon Presents WHEN I SAW THE SEA By Ali Chahrour
The news can inform us.
Joanna Pickering Showcases Lara's Journey In The 59th Annual Festival Off-Avignon At Theatre De L'Ange
As part of the official program for the Off-Avignon festival, Joanna Pickering will perform her one act play Lara's Journey on July 17th at 11.
Jordan Roth Will Bring Fashion Performance to the Louvre
On July 10, Broadway producer and fashion icon Jordan Roth is set to debut a special 'fashion performance', Radicals Acts of Unrelenting Beauty, at the Louvre.
Review: TITANIQUE at Lido 2
Whether you’re a film buff, a Dion stan, or just craving a night of pure fun, this off-Broadway transplant will have you laughing, crying, and belting out “My Heart Will Go On” long after the curtain falls.
EUGENE ONEGIN Comes to the Paris Opera in 2026
The Paris Opera will launch its 2025–26 season at the iconic Palais Garnier with a landmark event: the directorial debut of acclaimed British actor Ralph Fiennes, presenting a new staging of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
MANON Comes to Paris Opera This Month
Manon by Jules Massenet is now playing at Opéra Bastille.
HOFESH SHECHTER Comes to Paris Opera
Hofesh Shechter comes to the Paris Opera this month.
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company to Present European Premiere Of FRAMING MÉNERBES
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the European premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception.
FRAMING MENERBES Film Screening and Reception Comes to La Strada cinéma itinérant
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present the European premiere of Framing Ménerbes: Film Screening and Reception in June.
LES MISÉRABLES & More Take Home 2025 Molière Awards
The winners of the 2025 Molière Awards have been announced, featuring Ladislas Chollat's production of Les Misérables at Théâtre du Châtelet.
Reflections: Caribbean Filmmaker Revisits His Cannes Experience With Märbles
Puerto Rican filmmaker Ariel Orama López, also known by his artistic name AG Orloz, marks his third appearance in the city of Cannes with the animated short film Märbles.
Seventh Annual French Riviera Film Festival Unveils 2025 Finalist Shorts
Scheduled from May 16-17, 2025, the seventh annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), celebrating short film and short-form content from around the globe, has unveiled the finalist shorts of the 2025 competition.
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Review: MÉNOPAUSE at Théâtre Le Grand Point Virgule
Ménopause, currently running at Le Grand Point Virgule in Paris until November 2, 2025, is a lively French adaptation, including songs, of Jeanie Linders' American hit, Menopause The Musical.
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DE LUMIÈRE TH DU ROND POINT -SALLE JEAN TARDIEU (10/02-10/10) |
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CELTIC KANAN LE FORUM - SALLE GOUNOD (9/19-9/19) |
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DANS LE COULOIR RADIANT - BELLEVUE (1/29-1/29) |
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LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE THEATRE ROUGE DU LUCERNAIRE (6/03-8/30) |
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THE RISE ZENITH DE LILLE (11/05-11/06) |
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THE RISE ZENITH NANTES METROPOLE (12/11-12/12) |
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ART RADIANT - BELLEVUE (4/10-4/10) |
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MATCH D''IMPROVISATION - MATCH D IMPROVISATION LA RADIT THEATRE DAUDET (5/29-5/29) |
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DIRTY DANCING - LE TRIBUTE - DIRTY DANCING THEATRE SEBASTOPOL (4/18-4/18) |