Les Molières (French:[ləmɔljɛʁ]) is the national theatre award of France, recognising achievement in French theatre each year. The awards are considered the highest honour for productions and performances. Presided and decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre (APAT), they are supported by the Ministry of Culture in a ceremony held annually, called the Nuit des Molières ("Night of the Molières"), in Paris.
Les Molières are considered the highest French theatre honour, the equivalent to the American Tony Award, the British Olivier Award, and the Spanish Premios Max. The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the César Awards for cinema. The name of the award is an homage to the seventeenth-century French dramatist Molière.
Best Show for Young Audiences: Pinocchio, adapted and directed by Joël Pommerat, Théâtre de l'Odéon
Best Solo Show: Les Chatouilles ou la danse de la colère, by Andréa Bescond, directed by Éric Métayer
Best Living Francophone Playwright: Joël Pommerat for Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis
Best Director in a Public Theatre: Joël Pommerat for Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis by Joël Pommerat
Best Director in a Private Theatre: Alain Françon for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Best Humour: Alex Lutz, Alex Lutz and Tom Dingler, directed by Tom Dingler
Best Visual Creation: 20 000 lieues sous les mers (20,000 leagues under the sea), after Jules Verne, directed by Christian Hecq and Valérie Lesort, Theater of the Vieux-Colombier. Scenography and costumes: Eric Ruf. Lights: Pascal Laajili. Puppets: Carole German and Valérie Lesort
2025
Best Show in a Public Theatre: Le Soulier de satin directed by Éric Ruf, Comédie-Française
Best Show in a Private Theatre: Coal in the Veins, directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, Théâtre Saint Georges
Best Female Newcomer: Juliette Behár in Du charbon dans les veines by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre
Best Musical: Les Misérables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, directed by Ladislas Chollat, Théâtre du Châtelet
Best Comedy: Paul Mirabel in Par Amour by Paul Mirabel, directed by Paul Mirabel
Best Show for Young Audiences: Ulysse, l'Odyssée musicale, by Ely Grimaldi and Igor de Chaillé, directed by Guillaume Bouchède, Théâtre des Variétés
Best Solo Show: Pauline & Carton with Christine Murillo by Charles Tordjman, Christine Murillo and Virginie Berling, directed by Charles Tordjman, La Scala Paris and Artistic Athévains
Best Living Francophone Playwright: Jean-Philippe Daguerre for Coal in the Veins
Best Director in a Public Theatre: Eric Ruf for The Satin Slipper by Paul Claudel
Best Director in a Private Theatre: Jean-Philippe Daguerre for Coal in the Veins
Best Humour: The Loop by Robin Goupil, directed by Robin Goupil, Théâtre des Béliers parisiens
Best Visual Creation:Le Soulier de satin by Paul Claudel
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