Tiago Rodrigues: “The Avignon Festival is more urgent than ever”. With a shocking show in the Court of Honor of the Palais des Papes, numerous world creations, Spanish as a guest language and perfect parity between men and women.
Olympic Games in France oblige, the flagship festival of contemporary live performance will be inaugurated this year a week earlier, on June 29, but, snub, it will also last two days longer, until July 21. Spanish director Angélica Liddell will open this year's festival with Dämon, el funeral by Bergman.