Julie Gilbert (franco-suisse)

Julie Gilbert is a Franco-Swiss writer and scriptwriter who grew up in Mexico and is mainly interested in issues of work, exile, the invisible in society and the feminist struggle. For twenty years, she lived, had children and made films and radio programmes with film-maker Frédéric Choffat. At the same time, she wrote for the theatre, notably for directors/authors Antoinette Rychner, Hakim Bah, Karelle Ménine, Candice Martel and Jérôme Richier, for opera, including for composer Fred Frith, and led performances such as Les poèmes par téléphone and La Bibliothèque sonore des femmes.

She has also taught screenwriting as a part-time lecturer at the HEAD, was a member of the QD2A reading committee at the Théâtre des Quartiers d'Ivry and has worked as a dramaturge at the Théâtre de POCHE/GVE as well as for various companies in Switzerland, including Anna Lemonaki and 3615 Dakota. She is currently co-writing Anna Lemonaki's next show BLACK, scheduled for the Comédie de Genève in autumn 25. Finally, from 1 July 25, she will be co-director of the Théâtre du Loup in Geneva.

Photo : Dorothée Thébert