Tiago Rodrigues, future director of the Festival d'Avignon: "The festival is a great utopia"
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Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues, interviewed by journalists after being appointed future director of the Avignon Festival, July 5, 2021. © AFP - Nicolas Tucat
By: Muriel Maalouf
6 mins
The 75th Festival d'Avignon opened on Monday evening in the main courtyard of the Palais des Papes.
The poetry of the great Russian playwright Anton Tchekov resonated against the immense walls of the palace with
La Cerisaie
directed by Tiago Rodrigues.
The Portuguese director had been appointed a few hours before the Festival's next director.
He will succeed Olivier Py in September 2022.
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