The actor and director Thomas Jolly, 40was appointed artistic director of opening and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Parisas announced on Wednesday by the organizers.
Little known to the general public, Thomas Jolly is considered a “wonder” of the French theater and one of the best directors of the moment.
From Rouen, studied in Normandy and Brittany, the National Dramatic Center of Angers directs since 2020. He is one of the directors “at the forefront of the young French art scene”, according to Tony Estanguet, responsible for the 2024 Olympics.
He will be in charge of the artistic direction of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, which will take place on the Seine, a unique event.
A theater actor, he started directing in 2007 by forming his own company, ‘La Piccola Familia’. In 2014, he staged a thrilling 18-hour version of Shakespeare’s ‘Henry VI’ trilogy at the Avignon Festival, with lights and sets worthy of a rock opera.
In 2015, he received the Jean-Jacques Gautier Prize for young talent in French theater, and in the same year he received the Molière for directing a public theater production.
“Thanks to his beautiful and rhythmic sense and his ability to provoke an encounter between academic cultures and the general public, Thomas Jolly will give the Paris-2024 Ceremonies a breath of fresh air and an innovative air to meet the largest number of people” said the organizers. .
Source: La Verdad
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