Joël Pommerat
Writer and Director
Joël Pommerat stages works that he has written, adopting a diversity of elements to construct a refined theatrical esthetic. He has won almost all of France’s important theater awards. In 2007, he served as artist-in-residence at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris and in 2010 as associate artist for both the Odeon Theater of Europe in Paris and the National Theater of Belgium in Brussels.
Pommerat is a keen observer of political, economic and social issues and makes use of unique storytelling methods. In 2004, his first adaptation of a popular fairytale, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, premiered. This was followed by Pinocchio (2008) and Cendrillon (Cinderella, 2011) to form a trilogy.