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C. Hatty · 07/15/2026

Valérie Dréville Turns Memory into a Stage in Avignon

Vedène - 14.07.2026: It begins with a person who wants to escape memory and ends in a space where it can no longer be silenced. At the Festival d'Avignon, Valérie Dréville stands alone on the stage of L'Autre Scène du Grand Avignon, yet carries an entire family, a century and its wounds with her. Her solo work "Thésée, sa vie nouvelle" is a concentrated theatrical exploration of loss and inheritance.The source material comes from the French writer Camille de Toledo. His novel follows a man called Thésée who, after his ...

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