Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad has directed the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris since 2016. He was reappointed on Tuesday for a new term until 2027.
In October 2021, he sparked outrage by entrusting the music for one of his shows, Mère, to Bertrand Cantat and by programming a play directed by Jean-Pierre Baro. “Every person who is free under the law has the right to come and go, to be invited as a spectator or as an artist,” he then proclaimed.