Discover the Creations of Philippe Quesne, Emilie Monnet, and Pauline Bayle at the Avignon Festival

2023-07-13 10:50:57

Live and in public from the St Louis cloister, Mathilde Wagman talks with the directors Philippe Quesne, Emilie Monnet and Pauline Bayle around their respective creations, presented in Avignon during this 77th edition.

In his new creation The Garden of Delightsdirectly inspired by the painting by the painter Jérôme Bosch, Philippe Quesne stages a retrofuturistic epic, mixing ecological science fiction, medieval bestiary and contemporary western. Actors and musicians take the viewer on a journey through time, exploring the worlds to come.

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Philippe Quesne’s play is to be discovered in Avignon from July 6 to 18 in Avignon at the Carrière de Boulbon, then at the Maison de la Culture in Seine-Saint-Denis from October 10 to 15, and to be viewed on

Arte Concert for 1 year.

“The Garden of Delights” by Philippe Quesne, in the Carrière Boulbon in Avignon. – ©Martin Argyroglo “The Garden of Delights” by Philippe Quesne, inspired by Jérôme Bosch’s table – ©Martin Argyroglo The Carrière de Boulbon, located in the middle of nature about fifteen kilometers from Avignon, is used as a setting for the play of Philippe Quesne. – ©Martin Argyroglo

After adapting lost illusions de Balzac in 2020, Virginia Woolf is being tackled this year Pauline Bayle – director of the Public Theater of Montreuil – in her new creation write his life, presented at the Cloître des Carmes in Avignon, from July 8 to 16, then at the Public Theater of Montreuil from September 26 to October 23.

“Writing your life”, directed by Pauline Bayle – ©Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Following the fate of a group of friends, Pauline Bayle explores stories of initiation and learning, self-discovery, recounting the disenchantment of adulthood, and sketches the portrait of an author.

“Writing your life” by Pauline Bayle, at the Cloître des Carmes, in Avignon – ©Christophe Raynaud de Lage

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In his play Marguerite: the fire, Emilie Monnet tells the story of Marguerite Duplessis, Aboriginal heroine, the first person reduced to slavery to claim her rights in front of the Quebec court. On the set, four women embody Marguerite through poetry, hope, in a dreamlike journey like an ode to memory.

“Marguerite: the fire”, by Émilie Monnet, presented at the Festival d’Avignon. – ©Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Marguerite: fire by Émilie Monnet is published by Les Herbes Rouges, her play was performed in Avignon from July 7 to 11 at the Théâtre Benoît XII.

“Marguerite: fire” by Émilie Monnet – ©Christophe Raynaud de Lage

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