In 2013, Olivier Py became the first artist to be appointed director of the Festival d'Avignon since Jean Vilar. A director for the theatre, the opera, and cinema, but also an actor and writer, Olivier Py anchors his work in the preoccupations of his contemporaries in order to open a poetic and political dialogue. Theatre is his culture and instrument: with it, the word becomes action. Olivier Py has translated and directed many of William Shakespeare's plays. In 2019, he directed the inmates of the Avignon-Le Pontet prison in Macbeth, and this year he is creating the dramatic series Hamlet in the imperative! in the garden of the bibliothèque Ceccano.
Distribution
Avec les participants de l'atelier théâtre du Centre pénitentiaire Avignon-Le Pontet (en cours)
Text William Shakespeare
Translation and adaptation Olivier Py
Workshops of theatral creation directed by Olivier Py, Enzo Verdet
Production
Production Festival d'Avignon
With the support of Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire / Ministère de la Justice et du Fonds interministériel de prévention pour la délinquance / Ministère de l'Intérieur
