Gerald Garutti
Theatre Director, Writer and Translator
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
As a theatre director, a writer and translator, Gerald Garutti has worked on multi-Awarded plays in France and in the UK. He studied literature (École Normale Supérieure and agrégation de lettres modernes), political science (Sciences Po Paris) and philosophy (Cambridge University, where he taught as lecteur of French at Trinity College). He works in English and in French. His last credits in France include: Brief Praise of Night with Pierre Richard, which had a sold out and extended run at Théâtre du Rond-Point by the Champs-Elysées, after it toured in France, Belgium, Swiss and Luxemburg; a very edgy Richard III, which he directed and re-translated; Lorenzaccio, a Shakespearian, political epic involving thirty actors on stage (National Theatre La Criée, Théâtre Montansier at Versailles). His play Haim – In The Light Of A Violin, which he wrote and directed, has been on a enthusiastically acclaimed National Tour for four seasons before coming to The Print Room. Previously, he has written, adapted and directed, in French, a dozen of texts, including Badly But Quickly (Odéon), The Hunters Of The Absolute (France Culture), A Century of Fury (Brangues) and The Sense of Desire (National Theatre, Odéon), Espace Cardin). Since 2013, he has been creating most of his plays at the Ferme des Jeux (Ile-de-France), where he is resident theatre director. In English, he has directed Roberto Zucco (ADC Theatre), Richard III (ADC Theatre), The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Vingtième Théâtre), a script-in-hand performance of Dangerous Liaisons by Christopher Hampton at the Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford-upon-Avon), and Notes From Underground adapted from Dostoyewsky with Harry Lloyd, which opened The Print Room at the Coronet. From 2006 to 2011, he was the dramaturge and literary adviser of the French National Theatre (Théâtre National Populaire), on about fifteen multi-Awarded plays, such as Coriolanus (3 Molière Awards including Best Show and Best Directing and Grand Prix du Syndicat de la Critique), Overboard (Théâtre National de la Colline, Molière Award for Best Show and Grand Prix du Syndicat de la Critique), Philoctetes (Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Molière Award). He has published many articles, two plays and a book on Franz Kafka and Orson Welles. He has translated, amongst others, Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, The Power of Yes by David Hare (for the Théâtre de la Ville - France Culture), and Songs by Bertolt Brecht (for the French National Theatre La Colline). Some of his works and texts are available online at www.geraldgarutti.com.
Radio
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE POWER OF YES 2011 | France Culture | Garutti adapts Hare's play |
LORENZACCIO 2010 | France Culture | Garutti adapts Musset's play |
THE HUNTERS OF THE ABSOLUTE 2008 | France Culture | Garutti adapts |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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TARTUFFE 2018 | Theatre Royal Haymarket | adapted by Christopher Hampton from Molière |
BRIEF PRAISE OF NIGHT 2017 | Théâtre du Rond-Point | Director |
WE WANT EXPOSE OURSELVES IN THE TRUTH 2016 | Grignan | Director |
RICHARD III 2016 | Théâtre de l’Aquarium | Director |
LORENZACCIO 2015 | La Ferme des Jeux, Théâtre National La Criée | Garutti adapts and directs the play by Musset |
NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (in English) 2014 | The Print Room at The Coronet | Garutti adapts and directs the book by Dostoevsky |
HAIM - IN THE LIGHT OF A VIOLIN 2015 | Salle Gaveau, National Tour | Director/Writer (2012-2015) |
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES (in English) 2011 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Director |
CORRESPONDENCE FOR THREE 2011 | Espace Cardin | Garutti adapts and directs the letters of Pasternak, Rilke and Tstetaieva. |
THE SENSE OF DESIRE 2011 | Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe | Garutti adapts and directs this play from the work of Barrault and Dumur. |
CREDITORS 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
STRINDBERG 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
GRAAL THEATRE 1: JOSEPH 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de Strasbourg | Dramaturg |
GRAAL THEATRE 1: JOSEPH 2011 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National de Strasbourg | Dramaturg |
A CENTURY OF FURY 2010 | Brangues | Garutti adapts and directs |
DON JUAN 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre des Amandiers-Nanterre | Dramaturg |
CELESTINA 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
DON QUIXOTE 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE MESS OVER THERE 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP), Scène Nationale Les Gémeaux | Dramaturg |
JOAN OF ARC 2010 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP), Scène Nationale Les Gémeaux | Dramaturg |
A WORLD IN ITSELF 2010 | Scène Nationale Les Gémeaux | Dramaturg |
THE JEALOUSY OF LE BARBOUILLE 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE LOVE TIFF/LE DEPIT AMOUREUX 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
PHILOCETES 2009 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe | Dramaturg |
THE FABLE OF THE SUBSTITUTE SON 2009 | mes N. Strancar, Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE DIALOGUE OF CARMELITES 2009 | Brangues | Garutti adapts and directs the opera by Bernanos |
THE FLYING DOCTOR 2008 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE BLUNDERER 2008 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE HUNTERS OF THE ABSOLUTE 2008 | Brangues, France Culture | Garutti adapts and directs |
OVERBOARD 2008 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre National La Colline | Dramaturg |
BADLY BUT QUICKLY 2007 | Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe | Garutti adapts and directs |
NADA STRANCAR SINGS BRECHT/DESSAU 2007 | Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
THE AFFECTED YOUNG LADIES 2007 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
SGANARELLE, OR THE IMAGINARY CUCKOLD 2007 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS 2007 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) | Dramaturg |
THE BANQUET OF DEMONS 2006 | Théâtre de l’Athénée | Garutti adapts and directs the book by Debray |
COROLIANUS 2006 | Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) and Théâtre des Amandiers-Nanterre | Dramaturg |
THE OTHER 2006 | Théâtre National de La Colline | Dramaturg |
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (in English) 2005 | Vingtième Théâtre | Director |
GRIEF(S) 2005 | Comédie-Française, Studio-Théâtre | Dramaturg |
RICHARD III (in English) 2004 | ADC Theatre | Director |
ROBERTO ZUCCO (in English) 2003 | ADC Theatre | Director |