On June 22, 1949, a liner accosted in Buenos Aires. On board, a certain Helmut Gregor, mechanic. Who is none other than Josef Mengele, former doctor of Auschwitz. In the death camp, he was responsible for the “selection” of deportees, deciding who was going to live or die. He also conducted experiences on twins, newborns, … Read more
► Julius Caesar in Rennes Arthur Nauzyciel’s Julius Caesar transposes the play to America in the 1960s. / TNB Created in 2008 in Boston at the request of the very daring American Repertory Theater, this staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy by Arthur Nauzyciel chooses to move the Rome of the 1st century BCE to America in … Read more
Its spectacular facade, its monumental marble staircase, its large foyer that looks like a Hall of Mirrors: 150 years after its inauguration, the Palais Garnier in Paris continues to impress. Five things to know about this emblematic building as the Paris Opera organizes a series of events in 2025 to mark the anniversary, including an … Read more
London, 1661. It has been a year since English theaters reopened their doors, after eighteen years of closure. That evening, at Duke’s Theater, they played Othelloand Betterton himself, the owner of the place, plays the main role. But the public did not come so much for him as to applaud Edward Kynaston, the interpreter of … Read more
The 2025 budget of Pays de la Loire was adopted on Friday December 20 by the regional council at the end of a session with tense discussions, with the opposition decrying drastic cuts in culture, agriculture and sport. With 64 votes for, 27 votes against, and 3 abstentions, the 93 elected officials and regional president … Read more
Without doubt one of the greatest pleasures of a director is to (re)discover a play. Objective achieved for Alain Françon with False Confidences by Marivaux, seen at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre (1). The actors have barely turned their heels when we bother to reread the text of this gentle comedy in which all … Read more
The Cross : How does our French system promote culture and, in particular, live performance? Vincent Guillon: Support for the arts by public authorities goes back a long way, even if our current model finds its origins more precisely after the war with the development of the welfare state. Irreducible to the market economy alone, … Read more
There is a great disparity between the cultural outings of Ile-de-France residents, benefiting from a rich range of facilities, and those of the provincials. A study carried out by the regional directorate of INSEE and the regional directorate of cultural affairs (Drac), based on the Ministry of Culture’s survey on the practices of the French … Read more
In her youth, director Estelle Savasta hesitated for a long time between two professional projects: working in the theater or becoming a specialized educator. “I went back and forth between the two environments,” she says. It was ultimately the first who won, but there is another vocation in his latest creation. Families other than mine … Read more