“Freedom, is it the embarrassment of choice?” The question, like a subject of philosophy, buzzes like a small voice, while we choose, quite arbitrarily let’s face it, 5 shows, among the 1,570 off and 46 in.
«Our daily Performance» de Giuseppe Chico et Barbara Matijevic
How to fall without hurting yourself when you are over 65? How to make a rap song from a Shakespeare sonnet? Solo for a performer and a MacBook designed by a duo of wacky choreographers, Our Daily Performance hijacks YouTube tutorials where the video authors are amateur musicians, fitness enthusiasts or self-defense specialists.
From July 8 to 26 at 2:15 p.m. at the Blue Train, off.
Three shows written and performed by Geoffrey Rouge-Carrassat
A year ago, in this same room, we discovered Filing for bankruptcy, the last part of a triptych carried entirely by Geoffrey Rouge-Carrassat, where the actor-writer seized the emptiness which hugs and overheats at work through an impressive logorrhea. Chance, this year, the entire triptych can be seen. Class Council, King of Silence: two other monologues, performance of an extraordinary actor with an unforgettable and disturbing acting power.
Triptych Class council, King of silence, Filing for bankruptcy. At the Reine Blanche theatre, from July 7 to 25, off.
Swiss selection from July 8 to 25, 2022
In the off of Avignon and among the incessant stream of harangues, the Swiss selection is as precious as the pebbles of Petit Poucet. In the middle of the maze, we cling to the beacons set by Laurence Pérez, the Andalusian artistic director of the Swiss selection, who presents her latest edition this year and has no equal in unearthing nuggets. Between Ryan Khoshoo’s Big Gap, on the Blue train from July 9 to 25, La Matrue, farewell to the farm, by Coline Bardin, or Fantasia by Ruth Childs, and the dozen others, we choose not to choose.
In different rooms of the Off, find out about the site. Avignon off.
“Near Future” by Jan Martens
His previous piece, a cardboard of the Avignon Festival 2021, was an abstract space opera rich in a multitude of choreographic influences and which seemed to sweep with humor and fantasy a century of dance history. Given the impact, we are eager to discover how the young Flemish post-pop choreographer will work with fifteen dancers from one of the greatest academic ballets, the Royal Ballet of Flanders.
From July 19 to 24, at the main courtyard of the Popes’ Palace, in.
“Don’t Miss” by The Vast Enterprise
How can we resist this proposal which assures us that this time we are in the right place, we are not missing out on something better? Or how to triturate the brains of each spectator, reminding him of everything he misses, when he chooses a show to the detriment of all the others. A scenic reflection on our relationship to places and times, less and less exclusive, by the designers of the Origin of the world 46 × 55.
At the Manufacture (Patinoire) from July 7 to 26, off.