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Gaëtan Vassart is a theatre director, author and actor born in 1978 in Brussels, Belgium.
Biography
Author, director and actor born in Brussels in 1978, Gaëtan Vassart was formed at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris . He played at the theater with greatest French directors Philippe Adrien, Bernard Sobel, Eric Ruf, Gérard Desarthe, Michel Didym Joel Jouanneau . As a movie actor, he played in “Malaterra” ( Broadchurch French remake) Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, “Minister”, by Pierre Schöller. He wrote and directed “Toni M”. presented at the Avignon Festival, which won the French Center National Theater Award in 2011. “Bear skin”, at the Maison de Radio France with A. Alvaro; “Dancer”, a text which received the encouragement of the National Center Theater at the Comédie de Picardie…In May 2016, Gaëtan Vassart created with Anna Karenina, the first theatrical adaptation in France of Tolstoy's novel. Great succes in Paris, with cover in Télérama, the famous critic Fabienne Pascaud wrote " New adaptation of Anna Karenina , the belgian director Gaëtan Vassart did it ". Armelle Heliot wrote in Le Figaro: "Great director who created a impressive performance , a genuine theater full of fraternity ", while Anne Diatkine in Libération or Jacques Nerson in Le Nouvel Observateur chose both as titles of theirs critics" Golshifteh Farahani, a divine Anna Karenina".(1)
Cinema
- 2011 : The Minister, film of Pierre Schoeller, category Un certain regard FIF Cannes 2011, character:Loïk
Television
- 2009 : The Courjault case by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, caracter: Jean-Louis Courjault
- 2015 : Malaterra - SAISON 1 Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Laurent Herbiet, caracter: Kevin Costa
Theatre
- 2003 : Immortality from Peter Handke, m.s. Joël Jouanneau, Théâtre Ouvert
- 2003 : Pseudolus from Plaute, directed by Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman|Brigitte Jaques, Auditorium of Louvre
- 2004 : Murder of the Jew princess from Armando Llamas, directed by Philippe Adrien, Théâtre de la Tempête, Piccolo Teatro (Milan)
- 2004 : The funny knowledge, directed by Gilberte Tsaï, Centre dramatique national de Montreuil
- 2004 : Yvonne, queen of Bourgogne from Witold Gombrowicz, directed by Philippe Adrien, Théâtre du Conservatoire
- 2005 : Comedy of mistakes from Shakespeare, directed by Marc Feld, Théâtre national de Chaillot
- 2005 : Winter tales from Shakespeare, directed by Pauline Bureau, Théâtre du Ranelagh
- 2006 : Dons, Mécènes et Adorateurs, by Ostrovski, directed by Bernard Sobel, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Théâtre du Nord
- 2006 : Pœub! de Serge Valletti, directed by Michel Didym, Théâtre des Célestins, Théâtre de la Criée, Théâtre national de la Colline
- 2007 : The death of Zand from Iouri Olecha, directed by Bernard Sobel, La Colline, Théâtre national de Strasbourg
- 2008 : The holidays of Mister Hulot revisited, from Jean-Claude Carrière, directed by L. Shroeder, Cinémathèque du Luxembourg
- 2009 : The stone de Marius von Mayenburg,directed by. Bernard Sobel, Théâtre de Dijon Bourgogne
- 2010 : The stone de Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Bernard Sobel, Théâtre national de la Colline, Théâtre du Nord
- 2010 : Amphitryon (Kleist) Amphitryon de Heinrich Von Kleist, mise en scène Bernard Sobel,MC 93 Bobigny
- 2013: House cleaner from Markus Orth, directed by. Sarah Capony, Théâtre 13,
- 2013 : Hannibal de Grabbe, from Bernard Sobel, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, T2G, CADO, Théâtre de la Liberté
- 2014 : Toni M., written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, collaboration art. Bernard Sobel, festival Avignon, rôle : Toni Musulin
Mise en scène
- 2001 : The imaginary invalid de Molière, House of Portugal André de Gouveia, International city Universitaire of paris
- 2014 : Toni M. written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, with Bernard Sobel, Festival Off d’Avignon, Théâtre des Halles, Chapelle Saint-Claire. ( Chartreuse of Villeneuve–Lez-Avignon )
- 2016: Anna Karénine ( the bals where I have fun doesn’t exist for me anymore) from Tolstoï, adaptation and directing by Gaëtan Vassart, with the iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani; Production Night Watch Company; coproduction Montansier – Versailles Theater; with Théâtre de la Tempête in the Cartoucherie de Vincennes (Eastern Paris); Gratefully Ariane Mnouchkine and Le Théâtre du Soleil (Sun Theater); La Comédie Française (The French National Comedy) (all tour here)
- 2017: Danseuse written and directed by Gaëtan Vassart, Comédie de Picardie, Scène nationale of Marne-La-Vallée.
theater pieces from Gaëtan Vassart
- 2011: Toni M. ( Theater national center award )
- 2012: Bear skin's, from the Pentamerone, Festival Viva Italia, with Anne Alvaro, Radio France audio performance
- 2012: Dansor ( Theater national center award )
- 2016: Anna Karenina ( the bals where I have fun doesn’t exist for me anymore)from Tolstoï, adaptation and directing by Gaëtan Vassart
Music
- 2008: Ep 6 titres
- 2009: Live at Francofolies
- 2011: Place du Sablon (Label Igloo Records) album