Olivier Neveux is a professor of theatre history and aesthetics at ENS Lyon. He is editor of the journal Théâtre/Public and has written numerous studies, notably publishing Le Théâtre de Jean Genet (2016) and Politiques du spectateur: Les enjeux du théâtre politique aujourd'hui (2013). In 2013 he was awarded the “Théâtre, musique et danse” prize by the Syndicat professionnel de la Critique.