Off Avignon is one of the biggest festivals of performing arts in the world. With over 1500 shows, there’s no way to see everything. Even browsing the program is a challenge in and of itself! Below I’m posting two small props to help navigate this magnificent feast the arts:
- simplified program (2024) : you can use this single page program on your phone and easily pin the shows you want to check out
- JSON data file with show descriptions (2024) : you can use this together with your preferred LLM tool (like ChatGPT) to screen the program for your preferences (see below)
Note that these are unofficial and may contain errors. For the official program, refer to the festival website .
Simplified program
The simplified program is a single HTML/JS page that just lists all the shows, sorted by the hour they start. Use the “search in the page” feature of the web browser to search by name.
You can pin favorites to the top of the page with a single click. No registration required (or possible), the data is stored locally in your web browser.
I find it useful to easily curate the list of shows I want to check out. Anytime someone tells me about a show I should see during the festival day I pin it, and then look it up in the evening.
JSON data file
The data file contains a list of all the shows along with their description. You can use it together with your preferred LLM tool (like ChatGPT) to screen the program for your preferences.
For example, in ChatGPT you can upload the file as an attachment, and then try a prompt like this one:
As of July 2024, this works out of the box:
For more context, see this post .
Conclusion
Hope you find the simplified program for the Off Avignon festival useful. Most importantly, enjoy the shows! 🥳