A play by Russian director and director Kirill Serebrennikov, still banned from leaving Moscow, will open the Avignon Festival in July, the theatrical event announced on Thursday.
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“We do not know for the moment if he will be present in Avignon. We of course wish it fervently”
, explained to AFP the director of the festival Olivier Py, specifying that
“the programming of this piece was decided two years ago, well before the Russian invasion of Ukraine”
.
At the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes, the emblematic place of the festival, which will be held this year from July 7 to 26, the 52-year-old artist known for his daring creations, his support for LGBT + and his indirect criticism of the regime of Vladimir Putin will present
The Black Monk
, based on a little-known short story by Anton Chekhov.
He had already presented a preliminary version of this piece in Hamburg in January, when he had obtained a surprise authorization to make a trip to Germany.
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In June 2020, Serebrennikov was sentenced for embezzlement to a three-year suspended prison sentence and a ban on leaving Russia during that time.
