Omar Porras: «Theater has a therapeutic and philosophical function».»

Le Regard Libre N°69 - Ivan Garcia

Omar Porras directs the Théâtre Kléber-Méleau in Renens-Malley, a former gasworks transformed into a factory of stories and magic. A native of Colombia, he is an internationally acclaimed director and actor. He arrived in Geneva in the 1990s, where he founded Teatro Malandro, a theater company with which he has staged numerous shows, including Ramuz and Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat (2015) and Molière's Amour et Psyché (2017). This shaman of the stage welcomes us to his lair at the TKM to talk about his new creation Le Conte des contes. A curtain-raiser on this man of the theater and his abundant universe.

Le Regard Libre: You are currently creating Le Conte des contes, based on Le Pentamerone or The Tale of Tales, a collection of popular fables by the Neapolitan writer Giambattista Basile. Why did you choose