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REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE CANARD SAUVAGE By Thomas Ostermeier

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE CANARD SAUVAGE By Thomas Ostermeier

by Wesley Doucette — July 21, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LES PERSES By Gwenaël Morin

by Wesley Doucette — July 21, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE PROCÈS PELICOT By Milo Rau

by Wesley Doucette — July 21, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE SOULIER DE SATIN By La Comédie Française

by Wesley Doucette — July 21, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents BREL By Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Solal Mariotte

by Wesley Doucette — July 21, 2025
I should perhaps begin with a confession: I don’t know the work of Jacques Brel.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents REENCANTO By Mayra Andrade

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents REENCANTO By Mayra Andrade

by Wesley Doucette — July 14, 2025
The impulse with Avignon’s Cour d’Honneur is to go big.
REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents DELIRIOUS NIGHT By Mette Ingvartsen

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents DELIRIOUS NIGHT By Mette Ingvartsen

by Wesley Doucette — July 14, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LAAROUSSA QUARTET By Selma & Sofiane Ouissi

by Wesley Doucette — July 14, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents NÔT By Marlene Monteiro Freitas

by Wesley Doucette — July 14, 2025
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

REVIEW: The Festival d’Avignon Presents WHEN I SAW THE SEA By Ali Chahrour

by Wesley Doucette — July 14, 2025
The news can inform us.
Joanna Pickering Showcases Lara's Journey In The 59th Annual Festival Off-Avignon At

Joanna Pickering Showcases Lara's Journey In The 59th Annual Festival Off-Avignon At Theatre De L'Ange

by BWW News Desk — July 7, 2025
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.
Review: TITANIQUE at Lido 2

Review: TITANIQUE at Lido 2

by Patrick Honoré — June 27, 2025
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

EUGENE ONEGIN Comes to the Paris Opera in 2026

by BWW News Desk — June 23, 2025
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 Comes to Paris Opera This Month

by BWW News Desk — June 13, 2025
Manon by Jules Massenet is now playing at Opéra Bastille.
HOFESH SHECHTER Comes to Paris Opera

HOFESH SHECHTER Comes to Paris Opera

by BWW News Desk — June 12, 2025
Hofesh Shechter comes to the Paris Opera this month.
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company to Present European Premiere Of FRAMING MÉNERBES

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company to Present European Premiere Of FRAMING MÉNERBES

by BWW News Desk — May 22, 2025
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

FRAMING MENERBES Film Screening and Reception Comes to La Strada cinéma itinérant

by BWW News Desk — May 22, 2025
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

LES MISÉRABLES & More Take Home 2025 Molière Awards

by Michael Major — May 13, 2025
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

Reflections: Caribbean Filmmaker Revisits His Cannes Experience With Märbles

by BWW News Desk — May 11, 2025
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

Seventh Annual French Riviera Film Festival Unveils 2025 Finalist Shorts

by BWW News Desk — April 29, 2025
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.
Review: MÉNOPAUSE at Théâtre Le Grand Point Virgule

Review: MÉNOPAUSE at Théâtre Le Grand Point Virgule

by Patrick Honoré — April 21, 2025
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.
Review: PUB ROYAL at Dôme De Paris

Review: PUB ROYAL at Dôme De Paris

by Patrick Honoré — April 21, 2025
Pub Royal, the electrifying musical inspired by the iconic Québécois band Les Cowboys Fringants, is a vibrant celebration of music, circus, dance, and storytelling that has taken the Dôme de Paris by storm during its performances on April 18 and 19, 2025.

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