Peter Brook

Peter Brook directed several plays in England for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before setting up his own drama centre in Paris in 1971. When it made its home at the Bouffes du Nord theatre, it became known as the Centre International de Créations Théâtrales. His original approach consists of being open to all forms, to all codes of theatre performance whether from the West, the East or from Africa. To build up a repertoire, he recruited his troupe from all over the world and each member brings their own dramatic methods, exposing and enriching them at the same time.

This insatiable curiosity for different worlds has benefited his audiences too, broadening their horizons through works such as The Mahabharata, I Am a Phenomenon or The Costume, or renewing their contact with classical plays such as Shakespeare's Hamlet or The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov – which he presents in new forms, in a tireless bid to render the stage indispensable for asking questions about the 'truth of life'.Peter Brook also directs opera, films and has written a number works about drama.

At the Avignon Festival, Peter Brook presented L'Os (The Bone) and La Conférence des Oiseaux (The Conference of Birds) in 1979, The Mahabharata in 1985 and The Tempest in 1991.

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