The Créations Festival presented its program and jury this Wednesday. The second edition will take place from October 5 to 23.
For the second edition of the Créations Festival which highlights Niçois theater, the organizers have seen things on a larger scale. This year the festival will take place from October 5 to 23. For three weeks, twenty stages will host various creations.
In addition to the festival, there will be a celebration of theater. Several activities will be offered to the public, including escape games, performances from the Nice Conservatory, which will step outside its walls, and theatrical readings. An opportunity to once again bring Niçois theater to the forefront.
At the end of these three weeks, three awards will be given out: best actor, best actress, and for the first time, an award for best director.
To sponsor this festival, the organization has decided on Sarah Doraghi. The actress, journalist, and author brings her media spotlight to the festival, also attracting major national media, providing valuable media visibility for the event.
The festival will thus have a jury of nine personalities from different backgrounds, headed by Françoise Nahon. An actress and director, she won the best actress award last year. She expressed her gratitude to the organization for entrusting her with this role and shared the honor it was to be the jury president.
Objective: Open theater to all
As in last year’s jury, two representatives are students. This initiative helps bring students and adolescents into the theaters.
An initiative of Patrick Mottard: “My objective since I took on these responsibilities is to develop, particularly among the youth, but also among young adults, an appetite for culture. It is therefore no coincidence that the jury has a strong youthful presence.”
To make this possible, the plays featured will be very diverse. There will be comedy, drama, melodrama, plays for younger audiences, and also for new audiences.
The goal is to be as attractive as possible to capture the audience’s attention. According to the live entertainment manager at the town hall, there is not much difficulty: “The hardest part is not getting them into the theater. Because once they are there, the magic happens. And generally, teenagers are the ones who will become the regular audience in the future.”
