Lamine Diarra is an actor, director, and head of Les Praticables in Bamako, Mali. His work combines political and civic engagement with artistic creation.

He graduated in Dramatic Arts from the Institut National des Arts of Bamako (INA) and from the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris (CNSAD). In France, he has worked with Muriel Mayette, George Bigot, Mario Gonzales, and Robert Wilson.

He returned to Mali in 2016 to found Les Praticables. Located in the heart of Bamako, in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, Les Praticables is an artistic laboratory, a training space, and a performing arts festival rooted in public space. There, he notably created La Patience de l’araignée, a text by Dieudonné Niangouna written for him and performed at Le Quai – CDN in Angers, followed by a tour in Africa.