France

Interview with French Theater Director Paul Desveaux

Posted by Nicole Birmann | 20th Oct 2020 | Covid-19, France, Interview, Transcultural Collaborations

Paul Desveaux is the director of Compagnie L’Héliotrope. In the United States, he recently...

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Classes d’Art du Festival d’Avignon Online: SEASON # 1

Posted by French Culture | 29th Sep 2020 | Festivals, France, News

Starting September 2020, Festival Experiences, a subsidiary company of the Festival...

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Interview with Author and Director Eva Doumbia

Posted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 22nd May 2020 | France, Interview

Eva Doumbia is a writer, director and actress. Her creative residence in New Orleans for the...

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“#GestezChezVous” Participative Project by Compagnie Hippocampe and Théâtre Victor Hugo

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 19th May 2020 | Devised Theatre, France, Participatory Theatre, Theatre and Dance, Transmedia

The Covid-19 Emergency has been and still is a challenge for theatre companies, institutions, and...

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Interview with Raphaëlle Boitel – Compagnie L’oubliée

Posted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 17th May 2020 | Directing, France, Interview

Written by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy of the United States. Interview Conducted...

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Interview with Playwright David Lescot

Posted by Guillaume Clayssen | 13th Apr 2020 | France, Interview, Playwriting

Guillaume Clayssen, a fellow playwright, interviewed David Lescot on his newest piece in June 2016...

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Interview with Elise Vigneron, Théâtre de l’Entrouvert

Posted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 21st Feb 2020 | France, Interview, Puppetry

New York City’s HERE Arts Center will present the U.S. premiere of Anywhere by Théâtre de...

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“HEN” – Gender Fluid Puppetry at The Mouffetard – Théâtre des Arts de la Marionnette, Paris

Posted by Marisa C. Hayes | 5th Feb 2020 | France, Review, Theatre and Art

HEN. Johanny Bert – Théâtre de Romette. January 22, 2020. Le Mouffetard – Théâtre des Arts...

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“Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco: A Novella

Posted by Darie Ducan | 5th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, France, Review

Rhinoceros (1959) is one of Eugène Ionesco’s best-known plays, one of the plays with which the...

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“History of Violence” and How Your iPhone is a Culprit

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Dec 2019 | France, Germany, LGBTQ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

First of all, don’t be put off by the pompous, academic title. Thomas Ostermeier’s...

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Denying A Harsh Reality in “The History of Violence”

Posted by John Brunner | 26th Nov 2019 | France, Germany, Review, Translation

It opens with a manic attempt to clean. The sheets, the floors, the smell of the air, everything...

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Interview with Compagnie Dyptik

Posted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 13th Nov 2019 | France, Interview, Theatre and Dance

Founded in 2012 by two breakdancers, Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari, Compagnie Dyptik is...

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Glasses That Translate. How Is This Possible?

Posted by Philippa Wehle | 26th Sep 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, News

Writing about non verbal communication in his book Beaux Gestes; A Guide to French Body Talk, the...

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French Puppetry and Object Theater in North America and France

Posted by French Culture | 16th Sep 2019 | Festivals, France, News, Puppetry, United States of America

Between January and July 2019, the liveliness of the French puppetry and object theater scene was...

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Interview with Plasticiens Volants

Posted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 19th Aug 2019 | Festivals, France, Interview, Puppetry

In August and September, the street theater collective Plasticiens Volants (PV) return...

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Avignon 2019 – “Outwitting the Devil”: A Mesmerizing Dance and an Hypnotic Experience Created by Akram Khan

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 11th Aug 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom

Outwitting the Devil, Akram Khan’s latest work, truly stood out within the line up of very...

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Avignon 2019: Seeking the Other – Staging the Paroxysms of Orientalism

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 10th Aug 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre and Politics

Mahmoud & Nini is an unusual show –not only it does not look like your typical proscenium...

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Avignon 2019: “Outside” – Between Testimony and Political Provocation

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 8th Aug 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics

Provocation – artistic, political, personal – is the signature style of the Russian theatre...

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Avignon 2019: “The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema” as Told by the Chorus from the Banlieu

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 6th Aug 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, United Kingdom

Le reste vous le connaissez par le cinéma written by Martin Crimp, translated by Philippe Djian...

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Avignon 2019: Irène Bonnaud’s Amité and The Lessons in Juicy Comedy, Delicious Acting and Humanity of Being

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 4th Aug 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review

Let me tell you a secret- I love the old good comedy, its extensive gestures, inappropriate jokes,...

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