Canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus, the In and Off Festivals in Avignon are starting again.
"We needed it!"
, launches Olivier Py, director of the first (from July 5 to 25).
“We are ready”
, adds Sébastien Benedetto, president of Avignon, festival and companies (AF & C), the association which manages the Off (from July 7 to 31)
“It was almost unexpected, we waited for the announcement of the prefect of Vaucluse on June 24 to have a 100% gauge
, resumed the son of André Benedetto, creator of this emblematic meeting in 1964.
This gave hope to the companies. "
"It's party!
launches Olivier Py.
I dared not hope for this authorization. ”
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The public believed it.
5% more tickets than in 2019 were sold online for the Off.
On the program: 960 creations over 1000 shows in 130 places.
"The most represented genre is the contemporary"
, specifies Sébastien Benedetto, who himself will read
La Vie des bord (e) s,
by Sandrine Roche in the cloister of the Palais des Papes.
"We put for sale
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