Founded by Jean Vilar in 1947, the “Festival d’Avignon” is one of the oldest and most famous theatre festivals in the world. In 2004, the Festival has come under the direction of a new team made up of Vincent Baudriller and Hortense Archambault.

Each year, an associated artist will provide specific colour to the year’s Festival in 2007, the spotlight is on the artist Frédéric Fisbach.

The Avignon Theatre Festival presents contemporary European creations during three weeks in July. It is the place for artists and audiences to come together, and is the scene of many contrasting aesthetics, origins and generations. It is both a source of avant-garde creation and a place of reference, and presents over 40 performances in twenty different venues ranging from small chapels to the legendary Honour Courtyard at the Palace of the Popes, seating 2000 spectators.