Gilles Robert
Lighting designer and stage manager
Training in photography led Gilles Robert from the lights of the city to the lights of the stage. In the mid-1980s, he worked as a lighting technician and soon afterwards as lighting manager for the Athanor, a subsidised stage in Albi, the future national stage of Albi.
Some ten years later, with a long apprenticeship in theatres and stages in the south-west of France, he built up his expertise in lighting design and stage management. In particular, he was behind the Vaour summer festival, for which he was technical director until 2013. At the same time, he has created the lighting for all the Zic Zazou company’s shows since 1992.
Abhorring compartmentalization and artistic chapels, he has happily crossed paths with artists such as Brigitte Fontaine, Carla Bley, Christian Vander, Dede Bridgewater, Eddy Louis, Fly & the Tox, Hermeto Pascoal, Jack de Johnette, Jaco Pastorius, Joan Baez, Joe Zawinul, Cie Lapin, Léo Feré, Cie les insurgés, Louis Sclavis, Michel Petruccianni, Michel Portal, Olivier Py, Paolo Conte, Cie Parole Buissonnière, Patty Smith, Pierre Henry, Richard Galliano, Roger Hodgson, Sarclo, Stéphane Grappelli, Vertige mécanique, La Waide Cie, Wayne Shorter, La Compagnie du Porte-Voix.