Thomas Jolly is an actor and stage director. A graduate of the French National School of Theatre (TNB), he founded La Piccola Familia, staging works ranging from Marivaux to Shakespeare. His 18-hour staging of Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy, performed in full at the 2014 Avignon Festival, earned widespread acclaim and was followed by Richard III in 2022. Jolly has also directed opera, including Fantasio (2017) and Macbeth Underworld (2019), and revived the iconic musical Starmania in 2022.
Director of Le Quai Centre Dramatique National in Angers between 2020 and 2022, Jolly has also been an associate artist at major French institutions and teaches at national conservatories. Between 2022 and 2024, he worked on the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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