«In theater as in teaching, the essence of gesture is transmission».»

As well as teaching at a Valais high school, Stéphane Albelda devotes a great deal of his time to theater. This year, with the Nova Malacuria and Hussard de Minuit companies, he brought to the stage the fascinating and mysterious life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. For Le Regard Libre, he talks about his play Saint-Exupéry volé au ciel and his passion for «Saint-Ex», a writer born at the dawn of the 20th century, who disappeared in the twilight of the Second World War, but whose work continues to fascinate us all.

Stéphane Albelda: First of all, it's the story of a non-encounter. I read Saint-Exupéry when I was young, like everyone else. I met him through The Little Prince, which I understood like an eight-year-old. Then, for many years, I had a visio