Patrice Chéreau and Michał Borczuch

Rolex Mentor and Protégé in Theatre, 2012 - 2013

The late French director Patrice Chéreau described himself as “a slave to the text”. His protégé Michał Borczuch takes the opposite approach, with an “anarchistic” style of direction. “I wasn’t interested in somebody who was doing something similar to me,” Chéreau said.