Didier Plassard is full professor in Drama and Performance Studies at the Université Paul-Valéry (Montpellier), France. His research fields include avantgarde theatre, stage direction, dramaturgy, multimedia, and puppetry. Didier's main publications include: L’ Acteur en effigie (L’Age d’homme, 1992); Les Mains de lumière (Institut International de la Marionnette, 1996, 2004); Edward Gordon Craig, The Drama for Fools / Le Théâtre des fous (L’Entretemps, 2012); Mises en scène d’Allemagne(s) (CNRS Éditions, 2014). Since October 2019, he has been the Principal Investigator of PuppetPlays, a research project funded by the European Union (ERC Advanced Grant 835193).