Presentation

Jean Liermier has been the Director of the Carouge Theatre in Geneva, since 2008. He holds a degree from the École supérieure d’art dramatique in Geneva and made his début in theatre in 1992 under Claude Stratz, Hervé Loichemol and Philippe Morand, to mention just these three. He was assistant producer to André Engel in the Centre dramatique national de Savoie and also participated in the production of Pirandello’s Des Grelots du Fou at the Comédie Française, under Claude Stratz. Whether it be drama or opera, Jean Liermier directs the classics in such a way that they can be enjoyed by everyone. He staged The Marriage of Figaro at the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy in 2007, Molière’s “Médecin Malgré Lui” at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre in 2007, Le Jeu de l’amour et du hasard by Marivaux in 2008, L’École des Femmes in 2010, Harold and Maud in 2011, Figaro! in 2012 and Sophocles’ Antigone last autumn. At the moment he is directing Le Malade imaginaire at the Théâtre de Carouge.