Avignon is a city that proudly wears its scars. TRAVELBOOK author Frank Lehmann visited and reveals why the rugged sister of ...

With striking premieres in the main program and enchanting discoveries on the supplementary Fringe, the eminent event in European theater is flourishing after some difficult years. By Laura Cappelle ...

"Le Procès Pelicot," directed by Milo Rau, at the Avignon Festival, July 18, 2025. CHRISTOPHE RAYNAUD DE LAGE/FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON Four hours of breathless intensity. Rarely have we witnessed such focus ...

A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape case. By Catherine ...

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 ...

During the performance of Paul Claudel's 'Le Soulier de satin' ('The Satin Slipper'), directed by Eric Ruf, with the Comédie-Française theater company, in Avignon, southern France, July 2025.

A man has been shot dead by police after threatening people with a handgun in a city in southern France. The man was shot dead in Montfavet, a district in the city of Avignon, on Thursday, police said ...