Patrick Waleffe

Actor, singer, director, author, composer, born in Liège on 16 June 1957.

Patrick Waleffe studied at the INSAS, obtaining his diploma in Dramatic Interpretation in 1978.

He began his career at the Théâtre National, but in his early years could also be seen at the Atelier Sainte-Anne, the Esprit Frappeur and Henri Ronse's NTB.

From 1979 he collaborated with the Théâtre du Copeau, where in 1984 he created Les Couronnes du Roi, staged by his great friend Yves Hunstad.

He also had a long association with Herbert Rolland at the Théâtre de la Vie, as well as with the company Les Menus-Plaisirs du Roy, with which he created many parodies for baroque marionettes.

Alongside his acting career, he has written much incidental music, including Gilbert sur scène and Le Pic Nic for Yves Hunstad; Britannicus, Le Médecin malgré lui and La Nuit des Rois at the Théâtre de la Vie; Mademoiselle Julie and Deirdre des Chagrins at the NTB; Termini Roma for Thierry Debroux; and Karl Valentin, Dramuscules and L'Affaire Lambert at the Théâtre de la Place.

More recently he has performed at the Théâtre de la Place in Youpi by Charlie Degotte, in L'Européenne by David Lescot and in L'Affaire Lambert by Véronique Stas, as well as in Le Capitaine Fracasse by Thierry Debroux at the Théâtre du Parc.

To this day, this incorrigible jack-of-all-trades can still very often be seen in dubbing studios, where, beyond the voice he lends to a great many characters, he adapts hundreds of songs into French in series aimed at young audiences.

At the Théâtre du Copeau, for which he has written, adapted, staged and performed a great many shows and of which he is now artistic director, he has recently created La Rose Blanche, Les Cerfs-Volants and C'est avoir.

As it is impossible to sum up more than 35 years of career in a few lines, an almost exhaustive list of his theatrical activities can be found, for those interested, at the Museum of Literature: http://www.aml-cfwb.be/aspasia/intervenants/1195/Waleffe_Patrick