This event is part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2021 and supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme.

Join us live for an in conversation with Ariane Mnouchkine and theatre director Katie Mitchell.

Ariane Mnouchkine, the founder and director of the Théâtre du Soleil, has been continuously producing masterpieces with historical and political themes over many decades. Referring to traditional performances of both the East and the West, she is a theatre pioneer whose unique theatrical organisation eschews hierarchical order.

Katie Mitchell is a British theatre director whose unique style and uncompromising methods have divided both critics and audiences. Though sometimes causing controversy, her productions have been innovative and groundbreaking, and have established her as one of the UK’s leading names in contemporary performance.

This live event will be chaired by Professor Wes Williams, Director of TORCH, Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford, and also a Fellow in Modern Languages at St Edmund Hall.