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Adama Diop

A prolific actor, he has already worked with the greatest contemporary directors. Adama Diop cultivates the image of a versatile and unclassifiable actor.

Updated on 17/01/2024

Didacienne Nibagwire, Rwandan cultural entrepreneur

As a producer, actress and casting director, Didacienne Nibagwire wears many hats to support strong projects to which she commits herself with passion and tenacity. Co-founder and director of L'Espace, a recently-launched cultural exchange centre in Kigali, Rwanda, she is currently working on the...

Updated on 11/01/2024

Natacha Muziramakenga presents her creation “Méandres”

With her play Méandres, Rwandan writer and artist Natacha Muziramakenga, winner of the Des Mots à la scène scheme, explores the healing powers of dance when faced with the unspeakable. A project developed in partnership with L'Espace (Rwanda) and With the support of the Institut français and the...

Published on 11/12/2023

Maëlle Poésy and Noémie Goudal discuss their show "Anima"

With Anima, Maëlle Poésy and Noémie Goudal deliver a show that questions our relationship with time and landscape. Both film and performance, this contemplative and fascinating creation is about to go on tour, with support from the Institut français for international dates.

Updated on 04/12/2023

Interview with Simon Gauchet, for his play L’Expérience de l’Arbre

Actor, director and scenographer Simon Gauchet creates dramatic performances tied to the notions of imagination and transmission. He is presenting his play L’Expérience de l’Arbre (The Tree Experience) at the Théâtre Paris-Villette from 16 to 19 November. Born out of his residency at Villa Kujoyama...

Updated on 17/11/2023

Emmelyne Octavie, winner of the Des mots à la scène programme

An unclassifiable artist, capable of moving from poetry to theatre, from song to fiction, Emmelyne Octavie tackles themes of exile and uprooting through her eclectic works. Winner of the Prix de la Dramaturgie Francophone, awarded by the SACD, in 2022, she has just been selected for the Institut...

Published on 30/08/2023

Julie Deliquet's "Welfare" launched the Avignon Festival

Renowned for her taste for improvisation and her ability to adapt texts from the theatrical repertoire, as well as films, for the stage, Julie Deliquet has become an iconic presence over the years. Director of the Théâtre Gérard Philipe in Saint-Denis since 2020, she works on the notion of the...

Updated on 27/07/2023

The director of the Centre Culturel Kôrè, Mamou Daffé, discusses the future of the AWA programme

Attached to the defence of local values, Mamou Daffé is the head of several organisations and events in Mali. In particular, he directs the Centre Culturel Kôrè in Ségou, a partner of the Institut français for the ACP-EU Culture programme: Support for the Culture and Creation sectors in West Africa...

Updated on 19/07/2023

Nina Chalot and Cyril Teste, French curators of the Schools Pavilion at the Prague Quadrennial

Nina Chalot and Cyril Teste are co-curators of the Student Exhibition that will represent France at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (8 to 18 June 2023). Following a residency with seven students, they have designed a device in which water communicates with stone and gesture.

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Updated on 16/06/2023

Véronique Caye, 2023 laureate of the Villa Al Qamar

The artist Véronique Caye will soon be in residency at the Villa Al Qamar, in the footsteps of the poet Adonis, where she will be developing a video installation project on women and their role in Arab society. Located in the branch of the Institut français in Lebanon in Deir El Qamar, the Villa Al...

Updated on 08/06/2023

Felwin Sarr

A teacher, economist and writer, Felwine Sarr was due to see his text Traces – Discours aux nations africaines (Traces – Speech to African Nations), which he wrote in 2018, staged at the Avignon Festival in July 2020. The global pandemic decided otherwise and the event was cancelled, but the thinker...

Updated on 30/01/2023

Hamza Lenoir, winning author of the "Des mots à la scène" scheme

The young author Hamza Lenoir offers a rereading of the choreographic traditions of Mayotte through his show Le Corps de Jésus. A creation where body and words are intimately linked.

Published on 29/11/2022

Joël Pommerat - "Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis" to close the France-Portugal Season 2022

One of the most iconic figures in contemporary French theatre, Joël Pommerat has written nearly twenty shows over the last two decades, most of which have been performed on international stages. The final international performance of his play Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis is due to take place as part of...

Published on 27/10/2022

Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota looks back at the France-Portugal 2022 Season

Opened in February 2022, the France-Portugal 2022 Season, implemented by the Institut français for the French part, comes to an end. Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, Président of the Season, looks back to the past 9 months.

Published on 25/10/2022

Gaëlle Bien-Aimé, winner of the RFI Theatre Prize 2022

The Haitian author and director Gaëlle Bien-Aimé has just been awarded the 2022 RFI Theatre prize, organised in partnership with the Institut français, for a work of powerful lyricism, rooted in the suffocating daily life of Port-au-Prince.

Published on 20/10/2022