A reading performance of Han Kang’s novel “We Do Not Part,” featuring actors Isabelle Huppert and Lee Hye-young, will take the stage at this year’s Avignon Festival, one of the world’s largest ...

This week on arts24, Eve Jackson is in the studio while our reporter Olivia Salazar-Winspear is on the ground at one of the world’s most iconic theatre gatherings – the Avignon Festival in southern ...

Rising temperatures pose an existential threat to the theater extravaganza, where extreme heat is making it tough for the audience. By Laura Cappelle Reporting from Avignon, France As a punishing heat ...

Actor, writer and director Tiago Rodrigues, from Portugal, is the first foreigner to head up the Avignon Festival, now in its 77th year. In addition to maintaining the tradition of presenting ...

Every July, for three weeks, the southern French city of Avignon plays host to theatre and performing arts shows from around the globe. There is a special kind of excitement in the air for the ...

France's world-renowned theatre festival came to a close this week. Euronews Culture looks back at the festival's 77th edition - which proved to be more European than ever. One of the highlights of ...