Presentation
Hervé Loichemol, born in Mostaganem (Algeria), studied drama at the École du Théâtre National de Strasbourg. As an actor, he has performed Marivaux, Aristophanes, Musset, Shakespeare and Pirandello, among others. As a director, he has presented several productions at the Festival d’Avignon: Vie de Gundling, Héraklès 5 and Hamlet-machine by H. Müller (1983), L’École des femmes by Molière (1984) and Lever les yeux au ciel by M. Beretti (2006). Between 1994 and 2000 he worked in Bosnia (Hamlet-machine by H. Müller in Sarajevo and on tour, Quartett by H. Müller and Dans la solitude des champs de coton by B.-M. Koltès). From 1999 to 2002 he was administrator of the Château de Voltaire and artistic director of the Auberge de l’Europe in Ferney-Voltaire. He has directed the Comédie de Genève since July 2011. He has also taught at the Comédie de Saint-Étienne, the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and the Conservatoires of Lausanne and Geneva. His most recent productions include Les Juifs and Minna von Barnhelm by G. E. Lessing (Comédie de Genève, 2011), Le Citoyen by D. Guénoun (Comédie de Genève, 2012), Siegfried, nocturne by Olivier Py and Michael Jarrell (Comédie de Genève, 2013) and Shitz (Comédie de Genève, 2014).