Festival d'Automne

The 38th edition of Paris' Contemporary Arts' festival kicks off with two exhibitions from Ugo Rondione: How does it feel? and Sunrise East. There is a huge amount going on each day, check their aujourd'hui page for last minute picks.

Split into six categories: Arts Plastiques, Théâtre, Dance, Musique, Cinéma and Colloques, Rondione's two exhibitions are the focus of the festival's visual arts for the first month.

In Sunrise East, a series of figurines each represent a month of the year. How does it feel? attempts to create various atmospheric spaces, combining "architecture, voices and neon lighting to create a kind of sanctuary, both intimate and monumental".

On the theatre front, the visuals look stunning for William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company's collaborative production of Woyzeck on the Highveld adapted from Georg Büchner's unfinished play. Catch it before it ends, this Sunday 27th September.

Also notable are Arthur Nauzyciel's Ordet de Kaj Munk and Cie d’Ores et Déjà's Notre terreur which takes a look at the historical significance of Robespierre's death.

For experimental music, Il y a comes highly recommended from David Britain's IRCAM article for VINGT Paris, and the Saint Eustache parish provides a fantastically majestic setting for Jacques Lenot’s "sprinkling of sound".

Also finishing soon 27th September is Heiner Goebbels' I Went To The House But Did Not Enter, based on four texts by T.S. Eliot, Maurice Blanchot, Franz Kafka and Samuel Beckett - given a theatrical space and set to music.

The variety and the immensely high quality of each production included in the Festival d'Automne's programme make it worth visiting as much as possible. VINGT Paris will be doing just that - and we'll be sure to report on any outstanding and interesting happenings.

Sunrise East, Jardin des Tuileries

17 SEPTEMBER to 15 NOVEMBER

How does it feel?, Le Centquatre

17 SEPTEMBER to 15 NOVEMBER

Woyzeck On The Highveld, Centre Pompidou, place Georges Pompidou

23 to 27 SEPTEMBER

Ordet de Kaj Munk, Théâtre du Rond-Point

16 SEPTEMBER to 10 OCTOBER

Notre terreur, La Colline, Théâtre national

16 SEPTEMBER to 09 OCTOBER

Il y a, Eglise Saint-Eustache

21 to 29 SEPTEMBER