Actor, director, author, producer and host, René Richard Cyr was the artistic director and co-general manager of Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui from 1998 to 2004. He was also co-artistic director of the Théâtre PàP (Petit à Petit) from 1981 to 1998. As an actor, his role in Tremblay’s Hosanna earned him two acting awards. He has appeared in a number of television series, including Cover Girl, for which he was twice nominated for a Gémeaux award. He took part in the filming of the series C’est comme ça que je t’aime. He has directed numerous theatrical productions of works by Molière, Shakespeare, Camus, Brecht, Williams, Genet, Ionesco, as well as works by Michel Tremblay, Michel Marc Bouchard, Daniel Danis, René Daniel Dubois and Serge Boucher. In addition to his work as a television host and director, his television adaptations of Motel Hélène and 24 poses (Portraits) by Serge Boucher were nominated for Gémeaux awards. He also co-wrote and co-directed Zumanity, Cirque du Soleil’s erotic cabaret presented in Las Vegas. In addition, he has directed operas such as Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Verdi’s Macbeth, presented in Montréal, Melbourne and Sydney. In 2010, he adapted and directed Belles-soeurs, the musical that earned him his fourth Félix award for director of the year from the ADISQ. In the spring of 2013, he, along with Tremblay and Bélanger, began a second collaboration, with Le chant de Sainte Carmen de la Main, which premiered at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. |
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