Éric Vigner (born October 27, 1960 in Rennes, France) is a French
stage director, actor and scenic designer. He is directing the
CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient, Centre Dramatique National from 1996 to
2015.Éric Vigner graduated from the University of Brittany, France,
in the visual arts. He then studied in Paris, at the National School
of theatre art and techniques (ENSATT) and at the National Drama
Academy CNSAD. His consecutive qualifications naturally led towards
directorship.In 1990 he founded his own theater company SUZANNE M.
Éric Vigner. In 1996 he was appointed by the Minister of Culture
(France) to direct Brittany's Drama Centre, henceforth called the
CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient. Since 1996 the graphic artists M/M Paris
are in charge of the CDDB's visual communication. Besides Vigner's
commitment to contemporary playwrights such as Marguerite Duras and
Roland Dubillard, for which he was awarded the honour of Chevalier
dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998, Vigner developed a new
approach to the French classics - Racine's Bajazet
(Comédie-Française 1995), Corneille's L’Illusion Comique
(Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers 1996), Victor Hugo's Marion De Lorme
(Théâtre de la Ville 1999), Molière's L’École des femmes
(Comédie-Française 1999) and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (French-Korea
cultural prize 2004) and Shakeapeare's Othello (Odéon â€" Théâtre
de l’Europe 2008).In October 2010, Vigner founded his international
theater Academy. The Academy follows the principles of a little
democracy and assembles seven young trilingual actors from seven
cultural backgrounds - Morocco, Romania, Mali, Belgium, South Korea,
Germany, Israel. They work on classical as well as contemporary forms
of writing and present La Place Royale by Corneille, Guantanamo by
Frank Smith and La Faculté by Christophe Honoré.
stage director, actor and scenic designer. He is directing the
CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient, Centre Dramatique National from 1996 to
2015.Éric Vigner graduated from the University of Brittany, France,
in the visual arts. He then studied in Paris, at the National School
of theatre art and techniques (ENSATT) and at the National Drama
Academy CNSAD. His consecutive qualifications naturally led towards
directorship.In 1990 he founded his own theater company SUZANNE M.
Éric Vigner. In 1996 he was appointed by the Minister of Culture
(France) to direct Brittany's Drama Centre, henceforth called the
CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient. Since 1996 the graphic artists M/M Paris
are in charge of the CDDB's visual communication. Besides Vigner's
commitment to contemporary playwrights such as Marguerite Duras and
Roland Dubillard, for which he was awarded the honour of Chevalier
dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998, Vigner developed a new
approach to the French classics - Racine's Bajazet
(Comédie-Française 1995), Corneille's L’Illusion Comique
(Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers 1996), Victor Hugo's Marion De Lorme
(Théâtre de la Ville 1999), Molière's L’École des femmes
(Comédie-Française 1999) and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (French-Korea
cultural prize 2004) and Shakeapeare's Othello (Odéon â€" Théâtre
de l’Europe 2008).In October 2010, Vigner founded his international
theater Academy. The Academy follows the principles of a little
democracy and assembles seven young trilingual actors from seven
cultural backgrounds - Morocco, Romania, Mali, Belgium, South Korea,
Germany, Israel. They work on classical as well as contemporary forms
of writing and present La Place Royale by Corneille, Guantanamo by
Frank Smith and La Faculté by Christophe Honoré.
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