François Tanguy (23 June 1958 – 6 December 2022) was a French theatre director.[1]
François Tanguy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 June 1958 Caen, France |
| Died | 6 December 2022 (aged 64) Le Mans, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
His father, a secretary of a college in the Paris suburbs, was part of an amateur theatre group close to Jacques Lassalle.[2] In 1982, he became director of the Théâtre du Radeau, founded in 1977. In 1985, the theatre moved to Le Mans and was renamed La Fonderie in 1992.[3]
Tanguy advocated for undocumented migrants in Bosnia, for which he led a hunger strike in 1995 alongside Ariane Mnouchkine and Olivier Py.[2]
In 2018, Tanguy received the Prix SACD.[4]
Tanguy died in Le Mans on 6 December 2022, at the age of 64.[5]
Pieces directed
edit- Dom Juan (1982)
- L’Eden et les cendres (1983)
- Le Retable de Séraphin (1984)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1985)
- Mystère Bouffe (1986)
- Jeu de Faust (1987)
- Woyzeck - Büchner - Fragments forains (1989)
- Chant du Bouc (1991)
- Choral (1994)
- Bataille du Tagliamento (1996)
- Orphéon - Bataille - suite lyrique (1998)
- Les Cantates (2001)[6]
- Coda (2004)
- Ricercar (2007)[7][8]
- Onzième (2011)[9]
- Passim (2013)[10]
- Soubresaut (2016)[11]
- Item (2019)
- Par autan (2022)
References
edit- ^ "Mort du metteur en scène François Tanguy, installé au Mans". Ouest-France (in French). Le Mans. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ a b Salino, Brigitte (8 December 2022). "Le metteur en scène François Tanguy est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Thidaubat, Jean-Pierre (24 September 2005). "Les esprits frondeurs de la Fonderie". Libération (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "La SACD fête les auteurs". Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (in French). 18 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Bonfils, Margaux (8 December 2022). "Le metteur en scène François Tanguy, figure du Théâtre du Radeau au Mans, est mort à 64 ans". France Info (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Arvers, Fabienne (12 June 2001). "François Tanguy – Les Cantates". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Les fulgurances du Théâtre du Radeau". L'Humanité (in French). 1 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Darge, Fabienne (18 July 2008). "Avignon découvre le théâtre bouleversant de François Tanguy". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Darge, Fabienne (11 November 2011). "S'abandonner à François Tanguy et à son Théâtre du Radeau". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Thibaudat, Jean-Pierre (2 December 2013). "Le bouquet de " Passim ", un bricolage composé par François Tanguy". Rue89 (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Thibaudat, Jean-Pierre (10 November 2016). "Le Théâtre du Radeau à l'heure du "Soubresaut"". Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2022.