Catherine Dasté, pioneer of children's theatre, has died

Paris - 08.08.2026: Catherine Dasté, one of the defining figures of French theatre for children and young people, has died at the age of 96. The actress, director and educator became an artist who never treated young audiences as a mere educational target group. For her, children were spectators with their own imagination, discernment and a claim to poetry.Dasté came from a family in which theatre was almost a family language. She was the daughter of Jean Dasté and Marie-Hélène Dasté and the granddaughter of reformer Jacques Copeau. Yet her ...