Scenographies at the Cloître des Carmes

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

The Cloître des Carmes has been one of the magical places of the Festival d'Avignon since 1967. It hosted over 160 shows in its premises. How do the artists use this heritage setting to imagine the scenography and share their universe with the audience? Following the symposium organized by the Avignon University on June the 5th, 2018, the BnF branch at the Maison Jean Vilar proposes a selection of documents illustrating the rich aesthetic and theatrical history of the Cloître des Carmes. © Lunayka, d’après Angélica Liddell au Cloître des Carmes en 2016

“I am all of you listening”.
Jeanne Moreau, a life of theatre

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

What would theatre be without actors, without the risks they take every night, without their shamelessness and intelligence? The passion of the audience finds its source in the characters they play and, oddly, from the start of the Festival d'Avignon, in the beauty, striking look, and presence of Jeanne Moreau. I am all of you listening explores the career of a woman who lived the history of the Festival from 1947 to 2011, beside Jean Vilar or Étienne Daho, with the words of Henrich von Kleist or Alfred de Musset, and in roles as different as Nathalie or Célestine. Even in 2014, […]

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Cabu, Freehand theatre. Sketches from a theatre lover

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

Cabu, who was known and recognised for his illustrations in Hara-kiri, Charlie Hebdo, or the Canard Enchaîné, also used his talents as an exceptional cartoonist to sketch the world of theatre. From the 60s onwards, Cabu went to the theatre several times per week. He was a passionate theatre-goer - private and publicly funded theatres alike -  but with a particular attachment to the Comédie-Française. Cabu first went to the Festival in 1970, when it was still directed by Jean Vilar. He was a regular visitor, as testified by his sketchbooks. Year after year, Cabu was there to cast his […]

European Heritage Days

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

PROGRAMME (download the pdf version here) - EXHIBITION « I'm all of you listening. Jeanne Moreau a life of theater » At 11 am to 8 pm, the 15th of september (last entry at 7:15 pm) At 11 am to 6 pm, the 16th of september (last entry at 5:15 pm) This exhibition explores the career of a woman who lived the history of the Festival from 1947 to 2011, beside Jean Vilar or Étienne Daho, with the words of Henrich von Kleist or Alfred de Musset, and in roles as different as Nathalie or Célestine. Even in 2014, her […]

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“It’s not luxury !” Festival

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

PROGRAMME  - INSTALLATIONS             Sound installation « Portrait Paysage » // « landsacape portrait » // « portrait landscape » at 1 pm to 6pm, Friday, the 21th of september at 11 am to 6 pm, Saturday the 22 of september at 11 am to 4 pm, Sunday the 23th of septembre Sound portraits and landscapes is a shared moment where the word is fixed. A photography of free and voluntary words, gleanded during the meetings. AUTORS : Stéphane Delaunay (Compagnie les Mauvaises Herbes) Association le Village City of the realisation of the project : Cavaillon             Video […]

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Parcours de l’art (Experience of the art)

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

Artist welcomed at the House Jean Vilar from tuesday to sathurday from 11h to 18h  from the 29th september tu the 21th octobor Charlotte Gunsett "Childhood is at the heart of Charlotte Gunsett's work. We could say a starting point. The clumsy gestures of childhood, the representations we make of them are digested and interpreted by this young artist through her sculptures. Her universe is elaborated by fragments of memories. She touches with her fingers these fleeting, perishable, ephemeral moments in order to give them a moment of eternity. The sand can both be solid and erect in architecture, as it […]

SIGNE JACNO
un graphisme brut pour un théâtre populaire

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

Reopening of the exhibition "Signé Jacno, un graphisme brut pour un théâtre populaire" presented in full from September 10 to December 14 in "la boîte noire" on the ground floor of Jean Vilar House Thirty years ago, Marcel Jacno passed away. Thirty years ago, the newly established Maison Jean Vilar paid tribute to him by putting on an exhibition of his work for the TNP (Theatre National Populaire). Sixty years ago, Raoul-Jean Moulin, art critic for the Les Lettres Françaises magazine wrote an article entitled “ Do you know Jacno, artist of our time ? ” The same question could […]

Spoilsport
Curious collections and disquieting things

Maison Jean VIlar 8 Rue de Mons, Avignon

An exhibition of Macha Makeïeff Entrer dans une maison pour être moins perdue. La lumière, l’effroi, l’enfance, la rêverie, embarquer les choses recueillies, faire un récit fantaisiste. Et les petites filles imaginaires dans cette maison auront tous les droits, les désirs les plus romanesques. - Macha Makeïeff Do inanimate objects have a soul, a part of humanity locked inside them? The primal terror or the familiar feeling of strangeness we sometimes experience upon encountering them unveil an unconscious part of us: the one we meet in our dreams. That's what Spoilsportis about. A reminder of our unconsciousand its malfunctions... In this installation […]