From July 20 to August 19, the Festival of Words invites the audience to be transported through great texts read by renowned actors.
Since 2013 and the first edition, the festival has evolved into a spectacle of style, tone, expression, and emotion, immersing the audience in an atmosphere of elegance and confidence. The audience of the Festival of Words 2022 is about to embark on 8 grand journeys in 8 municipalities of the Maralpin territory (Peille; Puget-Théniers; Le Rouret; Bonson; Cap d’Ail; Saint-Martin-Vésubie; Villeneuve-Loubet, and Valberg).
The Festival of Words is a cherished moment of culture, sharing, and intimacy with the finest texts of literature read by seasoned actors: Anne Parillaud, André Dussollier, Michel Boujenah, Anne Brochet… Thanks to their passionate storytelling talent, these brilliant actors perpetuate, for the duration of an evening, the oral tradition of storytellers from the past by bringing words to life.
Program:
Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at 9 PM: Peille – Place Prince Albert II of Monaco – Anne Parillaud reads “A Life to Sleep Outside” by Sylvain Tesson, Goncourt Prize for Short Story 2009,
Saturday, July 30, 2022, at 8:30 PM: Puget-Théniers – Place de l’église – Michel Boujenah reads tales from “The Thousand and One Nights”,
Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 9 PM: Le Rouret – Parvis du Théâtre – André Dussollier presents “Sacred Monsters, Sacred Monsters”: a reading of authors he holds dear, Hugo, Guitry, Dubillard, Devos, Allais…
Friday, August 5, 2022, at 8:30 PM: Bonson – Place Maurice Scoffier – Stéphane Freiss reads “Night Flight” by Saint Exupéry,
Friday, August 12, 2022, at 9 PM: Cap d’Ail – Parc du Château des Terrasses – Denis Podalydès reads “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway,
Sunday, August 14, 2022, at 9 PM: Saint-Martin-Vésubie – Chapiteau de l’école – Astrid Veillon reads “The Force of the Father” by Raoul Mille,
Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 9 PM: Villeneuve-Loubet – Garden of the Auguste Escoffier Cultural Center – Anne Brochet reads “Winter Dreams” by Francis Scott Fitzgerald,
Friday, August 19, 2022, at 6 PM: Valberg – Les Jardins du Mercantour, Gwendoline Hamon reads “Gulliver’s Travels: The Voyage to Lilliput” by Jonathan Swift.
