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Following his training in dramatic arts, as well as trombone and guitar at the Lille Conservatoire, Stéphane Varupenne enrolled at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse in Paris. He continued his training at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique until 2007, the year he was admitted at the Comédie-Française. He became sociétaire in 2015.
One of his first roles within the Company was the Journalist in Trois hommes dans un salon after an interview conducted by François-René Cristiani with Brel, Brassens and Ferré staged by Anne Kessler in 2008, a director he reunited with in 2015 for La Double inconstance by Marivaux. Muriel Mayette-Holtz directed him in Marivaux’s La Dispute, Dario Fo's Mystère bouffe et fabulages (version 1) and (version 2), Racine's Andromache and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Éric Ruf directed him in Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, while Denis Podalydès entrusted him with playing Le Bret in Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac and later Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo.
Varupenne’s work with renowned directors demonstrates his ability to embody a great range of characters. Stéphane Braunschweig offered him the title role in Racine’s Britannicus, Jean-Yves Ruf staged him as Troilus in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, Jacques Lassalle entrusted him with the role of Alain in Molière’s The School for Wives (L’École des femmes), while Catherine Hiegel cast him as Valère in Molière’s The Miser (L’Avare). Alain Françon directed him in Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, and later in Edward Bond’s The Sea, while Jérôme Deschamps cast him in Un fil à la patte by Georges Feydeau. In order to work on Alfred Jarry’s Ubu roi in 2009, he reunited with Jean-Pierre Vincent who had directed him the year before in The School for Wives at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe. Julie Deliquet directed him in Vania after Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and Robert Carsen offered him Caliban’s part when he staged Shakespeare’s The Tempest Salle Richelieu.
Within the Company, directors have put Stéphane Varupenne’s musical training to good use. He has participated in Chansons déconseillées written and directed by Philippe Meyer and in Cabaret Boris Vian by Serge Bagdassarian. He portrayed Mike Bloomfield in Comme une pierre qui… by Marie Rémond and Sébastien Pouderoux. In 2011, he played in Brecht’s Threepenny Opera directed by Laurent Pelly, and in 2016, in Le Cerf et le Chien after Marcel Aymé directed by Véronique Vella.
Outside of the Comédie-Française, Stéphane Varupenne has played in a number of orchestras, from big band jazz to those focusing on the French song. Over two seasons, he worked as an actor with the Paris Orchestra on educational concerts for school-aged children. He excelled when he recited as part of the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse’s rendition of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale and when the Opéra national de Paris staged a Guillaume Apollinaire’s homage interpreted by the tenor Yann Beuron. In September 2017, together with the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, he presented Stravinsky’s Firebird at the Paris Philharmonic.
Along with collaborations with Dominique Cabrera et Anne Villacèque on television, Valéria Bruni Tedeschi directed Stéphane Varupenne in her adaptation of Chekhov’s The Three Sisters and Zabou Breitman worked with him on the Paris etc. series which was broadcast in 2017. On film, he could be seen in features directed by Alix Delporte, Roschdy Zem and Michel Hazanavicius.
During the 2018/2019 season, Stéphane Varupenne will be playing in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Or What You Will by Thomas Ostermeier, Goldoni’s La Locandiera by Alain Françon and Les Serge (Gainsbourg Point Barre) written and directed with Sébastien Pouderoux and in the rerun of Racine’s Britannicus by Stéphane Braunschweig.
adapted and directed by Stéphane Varupenne et Sébastien Pouderoux
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ON TOUR / Les Serge (Gainsbourg point...
Adapted and directed by Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux
On tour
Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre)
adapted and directed by Stéphane Varupenne et Sébastien Pouderoux
chant, guitare, trombone
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adapted from Fiodor Dostoïevski Adapted by Erwin Mortier Translate by Marie...
Ivan Pavlovitch Chatov, étudiant, fils d'un serf de Varvara Stavroguina
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by Guillaume Poix and Lorraine de Sagazan after works by Antonioni Directed by...
Stéphane
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Bertolt Brecht - Kurt Weil with Elisabeth Hauptmann Adapted and directed by Thomas...
Brown, chef de la police de Londres (en alt.)
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Alfred de Musset artistic director Nicolas Lormeau
Octave
by Marcel Proust Adapted and directed by Christophe Honoré
Marcel
Richelieu
by Molière Directed by Ivo van Hove
Cléante, beau-frère d’Orgon
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Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre)
adapted and directed by Stéphane Varupenne et Sébastien Pouderoux
chant, guitare, trombone
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after William Shakespeare Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
le Fou du roi Lear et un vieillard
Richelieu
by Molière Directed by Stéphane Varupenne et Sébastien Pouderoux
La Grange, amant rebuté et Gorgibus
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by Molière Directed by Emmanuel Daumas
Sganarelle
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d’après J. M. Coetzee Adaptation et mise en scène Camille Bernon et Simon Bourgade
Joll, colonel du Troisième Bureau
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d'après Fiodor Dostoïevski Mise en scène Guy Cassiers
Ivan Pavlovitch Chatov, étudiant, fils d'un serf de Varvara Stavroguina
Richelieu
d’après J. M. Coetzee Adaptation et mise en scène Camille Bernon et Simon Bourgade
Joll, colonel du Troisième Bureau
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d'après Marcel Proust Adaptation et mise en scène Christophe Honoré
Marcel
Théâtre Marigny
La Nuit des rois ou Tout ce que vous...
"Twelfth Night or What you will" by William Shakespeare Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
Feste, fou d’Olivia
Richelieu
"The Successful Stratagem" by Marivaux Directed by Emmanuel Daumas
Arlequin, valet de Dorante
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SPECIAL DAYS / Once upon a time at the Comédie-Française: The House of Molière in the...
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Les Serge (Gainsbourg point barre)
Adaptation and direction Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux
chant, guitare, trombone
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The Mistress of The Inn by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Alain Françon
le Chevalier de Ripafratta
Richelieu
by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig
Britannicus
Richelieu
La Nuit des rois ou Tout ce que vous...
Twelfth Night or What you will by William Shakespeare Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
Feste, fou d’Olivia
Richelieu
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Éric Ruf
Tybalt (en alternance)
Richelieu
by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig
Britannicus
Richelieu
La Résistible Ascension d'Arturo Ui
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht Directed by Katharina Thalbach
Le Jeune Hindsborough et Ignace Dollfoot (en alternance)
Richelieu
The Tempest by William Shakespeare French adaptation by Jean-Claude Carrière Directed...
Caliban, sauvage asservi par Prospero
Richelieu
The Stag and the Dog from Les Contes du chat perché (The Wonderful Farm) by Marcel...
Le Bœuf
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Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
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after Uncle Vanya by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Julie Deliquet
Mikhaïl Lvovitch Astrov, médecin
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The Double Inconstancy by Marivaux Directed by Anne Kessler
Arlequin
Richelieu
Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
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by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Bret
Richelieu
Adapted after Greil Marcus Direction Marie Rémond and Sébastien Pouderoux
Mike Bloomfield
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Jean Lebrun's radio show La Marche de l’histoire (The March of History), recorded with a...
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Les Journées particulières (Special...
Into the Repertoire time machine
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Actor School
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Readings of contemporary authors
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The Stag and the Dog from Les contes du chat perché (The Wonderful Farm) by Marcel...
Le Bœuf
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Éric Ruf
Tybalt (en alternance)
Richelieu
after Uncle Vanya by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Julie Deliquet
Mikhaïl Lvovitch Astrov, médecin
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A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps
Bois d’Enghien
Richelieu
by Jean Racine Directed by Stéphane Braunschweig
Britannicus
Richelieu
The Sea by Edward Bond Directed by Alain Françon
Hollarcut
Richelieu
Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Maffio Orsini (en alternance)
Richelieu
by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Bret (en alternance)
Richelieu
Directeur artistique : Eric Génovèse Réalisation : Blandine Masson, Sophie-Aude Picon
Hippolyte, fils de Thésée et d’Antiope, reine des Amazones
Maison de la Radio
The Double Inconstancy by Marivaux Directed by Anne Kessler
Arlequin
Richelieu
La Résurrection rouge et blanche de...
Vagabond Readings # 1
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by Greil Marcus (adapted by Marie Rémond and Sébastien Pouderoux) Directed by Marie...
Mike Bloomfield
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A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps
Bois d’Enghien
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Maffio Orsini (en alternance)
Richelieu
Dans le cadre du Printemps des poètes
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Lecoing
Richelieu
The Double Inconstancy by Marivaux Directed by Anne Kessler
Arlequin
Richelieu
by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien
Le Garde
Richelieu
The Three Little Pigs by Thomas Quillardet Directed by Thomas Quillardet
Un petit cochon
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Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo Directed by Denis Podalydès
Maffio Orsini
Richelieu
Poetry
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Slave Island by Marivaux Directed by Benjamin Jungers
Iphicrate
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Andromache by Jean Racine Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Pylade, ami d’Oreste
Richelieu
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Lecoing
Richelieu
by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien
Le Garde (en alternance)
Richelieu
by François Christophe Reading directed by Bruno Raffaelli
Richelieu
A Cat Among The Pigeons by Georges Feydeau Directed by Jérôme Deschamps
Bois d’Enghien
Richelieu
by Edmond Rostand Directed by Denis Podalydès
Le Bret (en alternance)
Richelieu
by Boris Vian Directed by Serge Bagdassarian
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The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Andreï Sergueïevitch Prozorov
Richelieu
The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Valère
Richelieu
Andromache by Jean Racine Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Pylade, ami d’Oreste
Richelieu
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Directed by Jean-Yves Ruf
Troïlus
Richelieu
The Three Little Pigs by Thomas Quillardet Directed by Thomas Quillardet
Un petit cochon
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The School for Wives by Molière Directed by Jacques Lassalle
Alain
Richelieu
by Jean Anouilh Directed by Marc Paquien
Le Garde
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by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Éric Ruf
Un Garçon de la noce, un Troll, Master Cotton, un Singe, le Cuisinier, le Fondeur de...
Grand Palais
Le Mariage de Figaro ou la Folle Journée
The Marriage of Figaro or The Mad Day by Beaumarchais Directed by Christophe Rauck
Le Comte
Théâtre éphémère
Andromache by Jean Racine Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Pylade, ami d'Oreste
Richelieu
The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Valère
Richelieu
by Philippe Meyer Directed by Philippe Meyer
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by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Ladislas, Lepeuple, M. Fédorovitch, Giron, Paysan, Armée russe
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Trois hommes dans un salon – Brel,...
by François-René Cristiani Directed by Anne Kessler
The Journalist
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The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill Directed by Laurent Pelly
Walter, Un mendiant et Un flic
Richelieu
Carte blanche
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Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrés Lima
L'Aubergiste (en alternance)
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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Directed by Lee Breuer
le Tromboniste, la Femme mexicaine et l’Inconnue (l’Infirmière)
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The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Vladimir Karlovitch Rode, sous-lieutenant
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Andromache by Jean Racine Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Pylade, ami d’Oreste
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The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Valère
Richelieu
by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Ladislas, Lepeuple, M. Fédorovitch, Giron, Paysan, Armée russe
Richelieu
The Three Sisters by Anton Tchekhov Directed by Alain Françon
Vladimir Karlovitch Rode, sous-lieutenant
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Mystère bouffe et fabulages (version 2)
Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
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Mystère bouffe et fabulages (version 1)
Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
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Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Andrés Lima
L'Aubergiste (en alternance)
Richelieu
The Miser by Molière Directed by Catherine Hiegel
Valère
Richelieu
by Alfred Jarry Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent
Ladislas, Lepeuple, M. Fédorovitch, Giron, Paysan, Armée russe
Richelieu
A Matter of Dispute by Marivaux Directed by Muriel Mayette-Holtz
Mesrin
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Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon
by Eugène Labiche Directed by Julie Brochen
Armand
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by Marcel Pagnol Directed by Irène Bonnaud
Marius, le Facteur et le Parisien
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Trois hommes dans un salon – Brel,...
by François-René Cristiani Directed by Anne Kessler
Le Journaliste
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by Bernard Faivre Directed by François Chattot and Jean-Louis Hourdin
Chef de choeur, Guillot, Gauthier
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