Public rehearsal · Tum Teav, the Cambodian Romeo and Juliet

1 Place Aristide Briand

On the occasion of the 20th Francophonie Summit in Phnom Penh — the 19th was hosted in 2024 in Villers-Cotterêts — Cité travels to Cambodia and presents a program in its image at the France Pavilion. In light of its presence in Cambodia, Cité builds a bridge to this Francophone territory and invites inside its walls two Cambodian contemporary theater artists: Borey Tep and Niyalic Khun. Tum Teav tells the tragic love of Tum, a young Buddhist novice with a remarkable voice, and Teav, a young woman who yields to the decisions of her mother, Yeay Phan. Considered as the Cambodian Romeo and Julie…