Marie helene estienne biography of alberta

Marie‑Hélène Estienne has worked as a writer or production assistant on multiple theatre and film projects.

After working as a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur and Nouvelles Littéraires, she was hired as Michel Guy’s assistant and worked with him on the programming for the Festival d’Automne in Paris.

In 1974, she assisted Peter Brook with the casting of Timon d’Athenès.

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In 1977, she joined the International Centre for Theatrical Creation (CICT) in Paris (under artistic director Peter Brook) for the premiere production of Ubu aux Bouffes, and worked as a production assistant on all of the company’s subsequent projects.

She was Brook’s assistant on La tragédie de Carmen and Le Mahabharata; she assistant directed his productions of La Tempête, Impressions de Pelléas, Woza Albert!

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