Alain Ollivier

Alain Ollivier 19382010 was a key figure in French theatre both as an actor director and leader of major cultural institutions Trained by masters such as Georges Wilson he developed early on a taste for contemporary writing and demanding theatrical forms In the 1970s he established himself as a bold mediator by bringing to light authors who were still rarely performed in France As head of the StudioThéâtre de Vitry for nearly twenty years he turned it into a renowned creative laboratory There he championed a rigorous often radical theatre that questioned language and stage presence In 2002 he took over the Théâtre GérardPhilipe in SaintDenis where he continued his work as a discoverer and mentor