The Russian soul and literary heart of Yan Walther, director of the Théâtre du Pommier

Published on November 19, 2024 at 10:19. / Modified on November 19, 2024 at 10:27.

There are several Yan Walthers. There is the very dynamic director of the Pommier-Théâtre and Neuchâtel Cultural Center, who sees 300 shows per year and supports the young companies he programs by sponsoring them at Premio – an incentive prize for the performing arts – and at the Salons. of artists – annual meetings allowing 12 French-speaking troupes to “pitch” their work to producing theaters. This Yan Walther is also an author, director and slammer, that is to say he believes in the word that drives and nourishes, the word that allows us to overcome trauma and unfold our life.

But there is another Yan Walther. The one who learned Russian at the University of Lausanne and went to live in Saint Petersburg for two years. Chekhov’s mastery of the language allowed him to act as a guide on the Trans-Siberian Railway, to work as a personal assistant to a Kazakh billionaire, then to run a company specializing in the expertise of works of art connected to the whole world. During this period, from 2014 to 2018, the thirty-year-old put artistic creation on pause, but always fanned the embers of his dream: to direct a theater.

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