"Sur le pont d'Avignon, on y danse, on y danse...."
Here it is, the famous bridge; small isn't it? I went and danced on it one year with my daughter.
But in Avignon during the theatre festival, nobody looks at the bridge, they're all in the air-conditionned(climatisés) theatres or in the stifling (étouffant) hot streets. 38°! Very hot. The streets are full of theatre-goers, from 9a.m. to 1a.m; full of restaurants and bars with people eating or having cold drinks; full of costumed actors distributing flyers (tracts) and trying to convince potential spectators to go and see their play (pièce). There's a fantastic atmosphere, I love it.
Every possible place in the streets is covered with posters of the 1000 plays to choose from each day.
1000 plays!! Imagine! If you saw six a day for the 24 days of the festival you wouldn't see a quarter!
Tag - play
Monday, July 12 2010
AVIGNON
By carolweb on Monday, July 12 2010,
Tuesday, April 27 2010
THEATRE
By carolweb on Tuesday, April 27 2010,
When we go to Paris we go to the theatre every evening; we buy our tickets half price at the kiosk. Last week I loved the play adapted from the book by Katarina Mazetti "Le mec de la tombe d'à côté". It was about the shock of culture differences, a couple with nothing in common who end up in love. He's a farmer, she's a librairian and they meet in the cemetary, (he's lost his mother, she's lost her husband), and even their tombs are completely different. The actors were very good and the play very amusing.
WATCH THE VIDEO
A friend lent me the book - she hasn't seen the play, I haven't read the book, so we'll exchange impression after.
That explains why today I went to take photos in the cemetary, and I found two tombs like in the play, completely different.
This would be his
This would be hers - it's even got a book!
Which one do you prefer? Not a good question? Well the play was very amusing. READ a critics opinion''.
More about Paris soon.