Julie Deliquet

Julie Deliquet matters in 2026 because her name now sits where institutional French theatre power meets Korean literary prestige. After leading Theatre Gerard Philipe in Saint-Denis from 2020, she took over Theatre national de la Colline in March 2026, moving into one of the highest-visibility directing posts in the French stage system.

That timing sharpened the meaning of Oiseau at Festival d'Avignon. Deliquet is the director translating Han Kang into a live bilingual lecture performance with Isabelle Huppert and Lee Hye-young, which turns the project into more than a festival booking. It becomes a statement about who French institutions trust to handle a Nobel-linked Korean text on a major stage.

Deliquet's wider profile supports that trust. Official festival and theatre materials frame her through ensemble work, adaptation, and a long run of productions tied to Bergman, Desplechin, Fassbinder, and Wiseman. On HITKULTR, that makes her a serious cross-market theatre figure rather than a one-article name check.