Roger Louret

Roger Louret (20 May 1950 – 25 January 2023) was a French actor, playwright, and theatre director.^[1]

Roger Louret
Louret in 1995
Born	(1950-05-20)20 May 1950 Coulx, France
Died	25 January 2023(2023-01-25) (aged 72) Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Nationality	French
Education	Toulouse Conservatory School [fr]
Occupation(s)	Actor Playwright Theatre director

Biography

Born in Coulx on 20 May 1950, Louret entered the Toulouse Conservatory School [fr] in 1970, where he was a pupil of Simone Turck [fr], Jean Bousquet [fr], and Raymond Girard.^[2] He was the founder and artistic director of the theatre company Les Baladins en Agenais.^[3][4][5][6] In 1985, he created La Nuit du Théâtre,^[7] followed by La Nuit des Hélènes in 1987 and La Nuit de l’Histoire in 1989. In 1995, he was awarded a Molière Award of the musical show [fr] for Les Années Twist [fr] at the Folies Bergère. Throughout his career, he directed the likes of Catherine Alcover [fr], Sophie Artur [fr], Grégori Baquet [fr], and Stéphanie Bataille [fr].

Louret died in Villeneuve-sur-Lot on 25 January 2023, at the age of 72.^[8]