The Mask and the Feather on the boards of the Festival d’Avignon (2/2)
with your reviews
- Fabienne Pascal (Telerama)
- Armelle Heliot (The Doctor’s Daily)
- Fabienne Darge (The world)
- Jacques Nerson (L’Obs)
- Vincent Josse (France Inter)
“In this garden we loved” by Pascal Quignard, by Marie Vialle
► At the Celestins and in 2023 in Toulouse and Lyon.
In the 19th century, a pastor from New York State, the Reverend Simeon Pease Cheney, transcribed the song of birds, the sound of rain and wind. Inconsolable over the death of his wife, he reproaches their only daughter for worrying her mother.
“Anaïs Nin at the mirror” by Agnès Desarthe, by Elise Vigier
► At the Benedict XII Theater and in October at the Comédie de Caen.
In a cabin made from the carcass of a fishing boat, actors rehearse a cabaret number on the life and work of Anaïs Nin,
“The Nest of Ashes” by Simon Falguières
► At La FabricA and in 2023 in Rouen, Nanterre and Toulouse.
A theatrical epic that lasts 13 hours, where two universes evolve in parallel, one inspired by traditional tales, the kingdom of Princess Anne, the other anchored in the daily reality of a traveling theater troupe, with comedian Gabriel .
“Solitaire” by Lars Norén, by Sofia Adrian Jupither
► At the Charterhouse of Villeneuve Lez Avignon.
A dozen people gathered on a plateau plunged into darkness from which it seems impossible to escape: ” I fidget Don’t let panic take over, control yourself individually and quickly think as a group. »
“Without Drum” by Samuel Achache
► At the Cloister of the Carmelites and in November in Meudon and Narbonne.
Samuel Achache and his actor-musicians wonder how it is possible to reconstruct oneself musically from a disaster.
“Anima” by Noémie Goudal and Maëlle Poésy
► To Lambert Collection and in 2023 in Dijon, Chalon-sur-Saône and Châtenay-Malabry.
Visual artist Noémie Goudal and actress and stage director Maëlle Poésy are inspired by research in paleoclimatology and studies on our perceptions in closed environments to “question our sensations and our needs for spatial and temporal landmarks. »
To see in the Off
- Jacques Nerson: History of painting in less than two hours, stand-up by Hector Obalk (Théâtre Actuel).
- Armelle Héliot: an exhibition, Infinitely, Maria Casares, Gérard Philipe (House Jean Vilar).
- Fabienne Pascaud: Camus-Casarès, a loving geography, Mrs. Elisabeth Chailloux (Garden of Fogasse).
- Fabienne Darge: Dam against the Pacific, by Marguerite Duras adapted by Anne Consigny (Le Petit Louvre).
- Vincent Jose: phone me, by Jean-Christophe Dollé and Clotilde Morgiève (11.Avignon). And When I grow up I’ll be Patrick Swayze, by Chloé Oliveres (Théâtre des Béliers).
- Jerome Garcin: Thanks, by Daniel Pennac (Théâtre des Carmes).