François Gremaud

Whether working alone, with Pierre Mifsud or with Victor Lenoble, or as a six-handed member of the GREMAUD/GURTNER/BOVAY collective, François Gremaud is making his own mark with the Swiss 2b company (co-founded in 2005 with Michaël Monney). (Co-)writer, (co-)actor, (co-)director, he likes to take the side of the idiots, in the philosophical sense of the term: those who, with their amused perspective, reveal our shortcomings. If he uses laughter, it's to better understand his main subject - human beings - and their prodigious capacity to do things, despite the tragedy of their condition. For him, joy is more than just nature. It is his signature, both artistic and political.



This is reflected in a repertoire considered by critics to be one of the most innovative in French-speaking Switzerland, including KKQQ, Re, Conférence de choses (the complete version of which lasts eight hours) and the trilogy he has devoted to 3 great female figures of the classical performing arts and 3 exceptional performers: Phèdre ! with Romain Daroles, Giselle... with Samantha van Wissen and Carmen. with Rosemary Standley. Gremaud is the winner of the 2019 Swiss Theater Awards and in 2022 he won the Grand Prix of the Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture.