Hazis Vardar
Belgian theatre owner
Hazis Vardar (born 1968) is a Belgian theatre owner, producer, and author of Albanian descent. With his brother Alil Vardar, he co-owns the Paris theatres La Grande Comédie and the Comédie Saint-Martin; from 2006 to 2025, the brothers also co-owned Le Palace. He is also the founder of the Banksy Museum, a chain of immersive exhibitions presenting reproductions of works by the British street artist Banksy. Vardar also serves as the Bektashi Worldwide Headquarters' representative for France and Belgium.
Early life
Vardar was born in 1968 in Belgium to immigrant parents whom he has described as shepherds from Macedonia, and grew up in Brussels. He is the elder brother of the comedian and playwright Alil Vardar by roughly eighteen months. As a young man, he worked as a lighting technician for sketch performances by Alil in pizzerias before the brothers opened their own venue.
Career
Theatre
The Vardar brothers opened their first café-théâtre in Brussels in 1994, followed by a second in Liège and a third in Charleroi. Unable to expand further in Belgium, they moved into France, taking over Les 3T in Toulouse in 2004, followed by venues in Montpellier and Avignon and, in Paris, the Comédie République and the Grande Comédie. In November 2006, Hazis and Alil Vardar acquired Le Palace in partnership with Francis and Chantal Lemaire, the owners of Radio Contact in Belgium.
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