The Portuguese director has chosen to lead the Avignon festival after Olivier Py announced the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot.
It will take office in September 2022 and its first edition will be held in July 2023.
Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues was appointed on Monday as the future director of the Festival d'Avignon, becoming the first foreigner to lead the prestigious theatrical event.
He is one of the most prominent directors in Europe and since 2014 has directed the Dona Maria II National Theater in Lisbon, equivalent in Portugal to the Comédie-Française in France. He will take office in September 2022 and its first edition will be presented in July 2023, announced in Avignon the French Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot.