Laurent Pelly

Laurent Pelly is a French opera and theatre director born in Paris in 1962. He enjoys a career as one of France's most sought after directors of both theatre and opera, working regularly in the world’s most prestigious houses.

In 1980 (at the age of 18) he founded the Compagnie Théâtrale du Pélican which, since 1982, has been co-directed with . From 1994, he became associated with , Grenoble being appointed as director from 1997 to 2007. In 2007 he was appointed as co-director, with , at the Théâtre national de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (TNT). Laurent Pelly is particularly renowned for his work in French repertoire, and has a skill for revealing the serious side of comedy. He underlines his interpretation of characters through skilful and inspired costume designs and in recent years has expanded into set design. His productions are detailed, satirical, often surreal, exquisite in taste and wonderfully imaginative in both conception and execution. Many of Laurent Pelly’s productions have been filmed for DVD and broadcast on world wide television.

1977 : L'Ombre d'Evguéni Schwartz, Théâtre Daniel Sorano Vincennes

1980 : Si jamais je te pince !... by Eugène Labiche, Théâtre Daniel Sorano Vincennes
1982 : Le Dîner bourgeois by Henry Monnier, Théâtre Daniel Sorano Vincennes, and Théâtre de la Plaine, 1983
1984 : Chambres calmes vue sur la mer by Michel Jourdheuil, Théâtre de la Plaine
En cas de pluie by Philippe Beglia
Quel amour d’enfant ! by Comtesse de Ségur
Comment ça va ? Au secours ! by Vladimir Maïakovski
Comment j’ai écrit certains de mes livres by Raymond Roussel
1985 : Monsieur Hugo by Victor Hugo, staging with Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, Centre dramatique national de Béthune
1985 : Quatrevingt-treize by Victor Hugo, staging with Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, Centre dramatique national de Béthune
1986 : Chat en poche by Georges Feydeau, Centre dramatique national de Béthune, and Théâtre Firmin Gémier Antony, 1987
1986 : Barouf à Chioggia by Carlo Goldoni, staging with Jean-Louis Martin- Barbaz, Centre dramatique national, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and Théâtre de la Cité internationale, 1987
1988 : Lola Montès by Jacques Téphany, staging with Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, Centre dramatique national de Béthune
1989 : Madame Angot by Maillot, Théâtre national de Chaillot
Eva Perón by Copi, Théâtre national de Chaillot
Un cœur sous une soutane-Tentative de commémoration production based upon Arthur Rimbaud, Théâtre national de Chaillot
1994 : Talking Heads by Alan Bennett, Théâtre Paris-Villette
1994 : La Famille Fenouillard by Christophe
1996 : En caravane by Elizabeth von Arnim, Théâtre Paris-Villette

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