International Days
Each year, a country is featured at the “International Days in Avignon.” This country—or region—is selected by the organizing committee
of the “International Days” at the Avignon OFF Festival.
In partnership with the City of Avignon (DRIE), the Festival OFF Avignon (AF&C), the management of Iva Company, the partner theater LaScierie, and other partner theaters.
In its relations with the featured country, the city of Avignon partners with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in that country, as well as with that country’s embassy in Paris.
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Iva Compagnie presents its two new productions
in co-production with Atelier de Mars
Chapeau Rouge Theater
25 rue du Chapeau rouge, 84000 Avignon
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Dolce Vita – IVA Company
The taste of fragile happiness. Straddling nostalgia and a celebration of life, *Dolce Vita* explores the dreams, illusions, and desires that accompany human journeys.
Through a sensitive narrative that blends theater, music, and emotion, the show explores our quest for happiness and our ability to preserve the beauty of fleeting moments. Inspired by the Mediterranean spirit evoked by its title, this production invites the audience on a poetic journey where lightheartedness, humor, and melancholy come together.
Chapeau Rouge Theater
25 rue du Chapeau rouge, 84000 Avignon
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La Mouette Express 2051 – IVA Company
When Chekhov Meets Artificial Intelligence. The year is 2051. Actors have disappeared. The top theater schools now train holograms capable of performing every role in the repertoire.
Faced with the disappearance of live theater, a professor decides to entrust two young artists with an impossible mission: to portray, all by themselves, every character in Anton Chekhov’s *The Seagull*. Nina, Treplev, Arkadina, Trigorin, and the others then come to life in a constant game of metamorphoses. Driven by minimalist staging, Baroque music, operatic singing, and the power of Chekhov’s text, this production questions the artist’s place in a world dominated by artificial intelligence. *The Seagull Express 2051* is both a tribute to theater and a reflection on its future.
Central Asian Days
Kyrgyzstan in the spotlight
Are organized over three years by Iva Company in partnership with the Festival Off Avignon and the City of Avignon.
Partners:
AF&C Avignon Festival OFF, French Embassy in Kyrgyzstan, French Embassy in Uzbekistan.
Manager of press relations and partnerships
Thimothée de Maillard contact@iva-company.com
July 13 – 26, 2026
Theater · Music · Professional meetings · Cultural cooperation
A journey to the heart of the Silk Roads
After highlighting Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Armenia and Kazakhstan, the Central Asia Days continue their adventure at the Avignon Off Festival with a 2026 edition dedicated to Kyrgyzstan.
Supported by IVA Company, specializing in cultural cooperation with the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, these Days constitute today a recognized meeting of the Off Festival. They offer the public, professionals and cultural institutions a unique space for discovery, dialogue and cooperation.
Located in the heart of the ancient Silk Roads, Kyrgyzstan is a land of mountains, epic stories, nomadic traditions and contemporary art. Through theater, music, professional meetings and artistic exchanges, this edition wishes to make heard voices that are still too rarely present on European stages.
In a world crossed by geopolitical crises, identity tensions and the challenges of cultural globalization, the Central Asia Days affirm the need for dialogue between people and the circulation of imagination.
Gala evening and launch
Free invitation upon reservation
IVA Company is pleased to invite you to the solemn opening of the 2026 edition of the Central Asia Days at the Avignon Off Festival. This year, Kyrgyzstan is our guest of honor, offering us a unique immersion in the heart of the Tian Shan mountains and nomadic traditions.
Join us to celebrate this cultural bridge between Europe and Central Asia, a special moment of dialogue and discovery.
Public, professional and press reception from 10 p.m.
In the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Culture of Kyrgyzstan, the Municipal Councilor responsible for International Relations of the City of Avignon and the Vice-President of the OFF Avignon Festival, delegate for International Relations.
ON THE PROGRAM: discovery of Kyrgyz culture, exhibition of photographs, concert by musicians from the Kyrgyz Youth Theater, numerous artistic surprises, followed by a convivial cocktail buffet.
A LOOK at KYRGYZISTAN by Christophe GIBOURG: Screening of a photographic exhibition dedicated to the discovery of Kyrgyzstan and its majestic landscapes.
Conditions of participation
Location: Théâtre de l’Arrache-Cœur, Avignon. Access: Mandatory presentation of this invitation.
RSVP: Please confirm your presence no later than July 11, 2026 by email: kirghistan26@gmail.com
“From the Tian Shan mountains to the scenes of Avignon, the Central Asia Days invite you to discover stories that connect people across borders. »
The program by location and dates
Shows
Arrache-Coeur Theater
13-15, rue du 58° Régiment d’Infanterie, 84000 Avignon
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Bougou Ene — A Kyrgyz Legend
In the heart of the Tian Shan mountains and the vast nomadic spaces of Central Asia, a legend spans the centuries: that of Bougou Ene. A founding figure of Kyrgyz memory, Bougou Ene belongs to this universe where stories, songs and myths constitute the basis of collective identity.
Through a staging combining theater, music and oral tradition, this creation transports the viewer into a world where the border between humans, nature and the sacred remains porous. More than just a show, Bougou Ene constitutes an immersion in the Kyrgyz imagination and in a culture whose roots go back to several centuries of nomadic traditions.
Chapeau Rouge Theater
25 rue du Chapeau rouge, 84000 Avignon
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New Wave – Maria Tikhomolova · France – Uzbekistan
A declaration of love for 1960s cinema. Inspired by the French New Wave of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Agnès Varda, this Franco-Uzbek production takes us on a run for our lives where cinema becomes live theater.
After a murder, Fred and Anna go on the run. Their journey is driven by passion, betrayal, music, and freedom. On stage, images interact with bodies, and sounds with memories, in a vibrant tribute to the great works of 1960s European cinema.
Partly film noir, partly tragic romance, and partly visual poem, *Nouvelle Vague* explores our relationship with images and contemporary mythologies.
Request for Support
at the OFF Festival
foreign performing arts companies
Iva Company can assist you with:
- Record the performances at the OFF AVIGNON Festival
- Find, negotiate, and then rent and/or secure theater venues suitable for your production
- Negotiate and Prepare the Technical Data Sheet
- Arrange accommodations for X people
- Arrange round-trip transfers between Marseille and Avignon for X people
- Establish media relations and communications
- Organize professional meetings and official events
- Provide support for promotional events and the promotion of performances
- Set up a booth for your country at the OFF Village
- Organize roundtable discussions with representatives of Kazakh theaters
- Organize a special professional event dedicated to your country or city at the Vouland Museum
- Organize a screening… at the UTOPIA movie theater, with the director and film experts in attendance
- Organize music nights at the Delirium cabaret