Avignon’s off
mainOne of the world’s most exciting theatre festivals confirmed cancellation after President Macron said there would be no public entertainments before mid-July, at the earliest.
This would have been Avignon’s 74th festival.
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clever you!
Presumably Aix will now be off . Pity as we were going… but of course we expected not to go.
The Easter Festival in the same concert-hall is cancelled also and it’s the same thing for the very popular Orange opera festival.
Who is ruled our freedom under safety and protection? Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikDpJZRSqz0
Local traditions and Klangkunst are not always correctly understood.