On the occasion of the Avignon Festival, the latest issue of "Papotin" raises the curtain on the theater

As the Avignon Festival begins this Saturday, July 5, the newspaper Le Papotin is publishing a special theater issue earlier this month. For this edition, the self-described "atypical" editorial team has invited actor, set designer, and director Eric Ruf to become its co-editor-in-chief. The special issue pays tribute to the performing arts through a multitude of articles, poems, gossip, and chatter.

The Papotin newspaper, founded by Driss El Kesri in 1989, is sold informally: it comes out whenever he wants, when the articles are ready. Its editorial staff is composed of around fifty non-professional journalists with autism spectrum disorders.

This new edition continues its shake-up of the profession. It explores different ways of performing (classical theater, clown,