Overview

• The festival opened July 5 in the Cour d’honneur of the Palais des papes with Marlene Monteiro Freitas’s “Nôt” highlighting Arabic heritage
• Director Tiago Rodrigues selected Arabic as this year’s thematic language to showcase its contemporary cultural diversity
• Rodrigues publicly condemned Israeli actions in Gaza on Instagram, labeling them war crimes and calling for humanitarian aid
• CGT Spectacle filed a preventive strike notice through July 26 and urged artists to boycott performances if government officials attend
• Upcoming highlights include Milo Rau’s July 18 readings from the Mazan rape trial and over 1,700 performances in the festival’s “Off” programme