Jean Lacornerie

Jean Lacornerie is a director who trained under Jacques Lassalle at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and at the Comédie-Française between 1987 and 1992. He founded his own company in Lyon in 1992. He is particularly interested in contemporary writing and stages authors such as Copi, Gadda, Del Giudice, and Marienghof. In 1994, he began working with Bernard Yannotta, exploring the various forms of musical theater with the works of Michael Nyman, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill, and Bertolt Brecht. He was director of the Théâtre de La Renaissance (Oullins) from 2002 to 2009, and of Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse (Lyon) from 2010 to 2020. He was also involved in the community with numerous projects mixing professionals and amateurs. Lacornerie has been the guest at several music festivals arou