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Que notre joie demeure
Adapted from Kev Lambert's Médicis Prize-winning novel, the story of a celebrated architect's fall from grace when a scandal exposes the contradictions between her values and her ambitions.
▸ Narration : Anne Dorval.
▸ Musicians : Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, Corinne René, Stéphanie Pothier.
▸ Text : Maxime Carbonneau et Laurence Dauphinais, d’après le roman de Kev Lambert.
▸ Direction : Maxime Carbonneau et Laurence Dauphinais
▸ Production: La Messe Basse, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, mars 2026.
▸ Photo: Jean-François Gratton.
Corps Fantômes
A collective documentary play revisiting the forgotten history of Montreal's LGBTQ+ community in the early 1990s, facing AIDS, police violence and hate crimes — and rising up together.
▸ Text : F. É. Bernier, D. Boudreault, M. Carbonneau, S. David, C. Fortin, C. Gouin-Arsenault, J. Lafortune et M. Pineault.
▸ Direction : Maxime Carbonneau.
▸ Production : La Messe Basse + Théâtre Duceppe, octobre 2025.
▸ Photo : Danny Taillon.
Aukkauti
A play performed entirely in Inuktitut, based on a true and foundational story passed down orally for generations in Nunavik, about a cycle of tragedy that left a lasting mark on the region's communities.
▸ Musician.s : Akinisie Sivuarapik, Daniel Gadbois.
▸ Text : A. Kalingo, L. Koperqualuk, D. Gadbois.
▸ Mise en scène : Myriam Fugère, Akinisie Sivuarapik et Lisa Koperqualuk.
▸ Production : Aaqsiiq + Snowfest de Puvirnituq, mars 2025, en tournée au Nunavik en 2026.
▸ Photo : Gérald McKenzie.
Tout ça
A solo performance tracing an entire woman's life from birth to death through language itself, each word becoming a breath, a memory, an existence.
▸ Text : Alistair McDowall.
▸ Direction : Louis-Karl Tremblay.
▸ Production : Motto + Théâtre du Quat'Sous, novembre 2024.
▸ Photo : Frédérique Ménard-Aubin.
Peau d’âne
A reimagining of the classic fairy tale in which a princess flees her father's incestuous desire and finds her way to love and freedom.
▸ Musicians : Adèle Levayer (flute), Éveline Grégoire-Rousseau (harp), Corinne René (vibraphone).
▸ Text : Félix-Antoine Boutin et Sophie Cadieux.
▸ Direction : Félix-Antoine Boutin.
▸ Production : Création dans la chambre + Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Octobere 2024.
▸ Photo : Victor Diaz Lamich.
La machine de Turing
The true story of Alan Turing, the mathematician who cracked the Nazi Enigma code and was later persecuted by his own government for his homosexuality.
▸ Text : Benoit Solès.
▸ Direction : Sébastien David.
▸ Production : Agents Doubles + Théâtre du Rideau Vert, January 2024.
▸ Photo : François Laplante Delagrave.
Je t’écris au milieu d’un bel orage
A play inspired by the real correspondence between Albert Camus and actress Maria Casarès, a decades-long love story told through letters.
▸ Musicians : Jean-François Normand (clarinette), Corinne René (vibraphone).
▸ Text : Dany Boudreault, d'après Correspondance (1944-1959) par A. Camus et M. Casarès.
▸ Direction : Maxime Carbonneau.
▸ Production : La Messe Basse + Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, January 2023.
▸ Photo : TNM.
Le roi danse
A theatrical exploration of the life of Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer to Louis XIV, through the lens of dance, power and ambition at the French court.
▸ Music: Jean-Baptiste Lully.
▸ Musicians: Susie Napper (viola da gamba), Corinne René (percussion).
▸ Text: Emmanuelle Jimenez.
▸ Directed by: Michel-Maxime Legault.
▸ Production:Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2023.
▸ Photo: Dany Taillon.
Best Life
An immersive performance exploring our emotional attachments to domestic machines and the objects that will outlast us on earth.
▸ Text and performance : Maiko Yamamoto.
▸ Production : Theatre Replacement (Vancouver), novembre 2022.
▸ Photo : Chelsey Stuyt.
The Assembly / L’assemblée
A verbatim documentary play exploring political polarization through the real words of four citizens with wildly opposing views.
▸ Text : A. Ivanovici, A. Soutar et B. Watson.
▸ Direction : Chris Abraham.
▸ Production : Porte Parole + Espace GO / repris en Allemagne, aux É-U, en Lituanie entre autres, 2018-25.
▸ Photo : François Laplante Delagrave.
Coriolanus
A production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy that brings the play into the present through an ambitious audiovisual design combining live performance, film and projection.
▸ Text : William Shakespeare.
▸ Direction : Robert Lepage.
▸ Production : Ex Machina + Stratford Festival, juin 2018.
▸ Photo : Clay Stang.
Quills
A play imagining the final years of the Marquis de Sade imprisoned in an asylum, fighting to keep writing against all censorship.
▸ Text : Doug Wright, translated by Jean-Pierre Cloutier.
▸ Direction : Robert Lepage and Jean-Pierre Cloutier.
▸ Production : Ex Machina + Trident, janvier 2016.
▸ Photo : Stéphane Bourgeois.
Que notre joie demeure
Adapted from Kev Lambert's Médicis Prize-winning novel, the story of a celebrated architect's fall from grace when a scandal exposes the contradictions between her values and her ambitions.
▶ Narration : Anne Dorval.
▶ Musicians : Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, Corinne René, Stéphanie Pothier.
▶ Text : Maxime Carbonneau et Laurence Dauphinais, d’après le roman de Kev Lambert.
▶ Direction : Maxime Carbonneau et Laurence Dauphinais
▶ Production: La Messe Basse, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, mars 2026.
▶ Photo: Jean-François Gratton.
Corps Fantômes
A collective documentary play revisiting the forgotten history of Montreal's LGBTQ+ community in the early 1990s, facing AIDS, police violence and hate crimes — and rising up together.
▶ Text : F. É. Bernier, D. Boudreault, M. Carbonneau, S. David, C. Fortin, C. Gouin-Arsenault, J. Lafortune et M. Pineault.
▶ Direction : Maxime Carbonneau.
▶ Production : La Messe Basse + Théâtre Duceppe, octobre 2025.
▶ Photo : Danny Taillon.
Aukkauti
A play performed entirely in Inuktitut, based on a true and foundational story passed down orally for generations in Nunavik, about a cycle of tragedy that left a lasting mark on the region's communities.
▶ Musician.s : Akinisie Sivuarapik, Daniel Gadbois.
▶ Text : A. Kalingo, L. Koperqualuk, D. Gadbois.
▶ Mise en scène : Myriam Fugère, Akinisie Sivuarapik et Lisa Koperqualuk.
▶ Production : Aaqsiiq + Snowfest de Puvirnituq, mars 2025, en tournée au Nunavik en 2026.
▶ Photo : Gérald McKenzie.
Tout ça
A solo performance tracing an entire woman's life from birth to death through language itself, each word becoming a breath, a memory, an existence.
▶ Text : Alistair McDowall.
▶ Direction : Louis-Karl Tremblay.
▶ Production : Motto + Théâtre du Quat'Sous, novembre 2024.
▶ Photo : Frédérique Ménard-Aubin.
Je t’écris au milieu d’un bel orage
A play inspired by the real correspondence between Albert Camus and actress Maria Casarès, a decades-long love story told through letters.
▶ Musicians : Jean-François Normand (clarinette), Corinne René (vibraphone).
▶ Text : Dany Boudreault, d'après Correspondance (1944-1959) par A. Camus et M. Casarès.
▶ Direction : Maxime Carbonneau.
▶ Production : La Messe Basse + Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, January 2023.
▶ Photo : TNM.
La machine de Turing
The true story of Alan Turing, the mathematician who cracked the Nazi Enigma code and was later persecuted by his own government for his homosexuality.
▶ Text : Benoit Solès.
▶ Direction : Sébastien David.
▶ Production : Agents Doubles + Théâtre du Rideau Vert, January 2024.
▶ Photo : François Laplante Delagrave.
Le roi danse
A theatrical exploration of the life of Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer to Louis XIV, through the lens of dance, power and ambition at the French court.
▶ Musique : Jean-Baptiste Lully.
▶ Musicienn.nes : Susie Napper (viole de gambe), Corinne René (percussions).
▶ Texte : Emmanuelle Jimenez.
▶ Direction : Michel-Maxime Legault.
▶ Production : Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2023.
▶ Photo : Dany Taillon.
Peau d’âne
A reimagining of the classic fairy tale in which a princess flees her father's incestuous desire and finds her way to love and freedom.
▶ Musicians : Adèle Levayer (flute), Éveline Grégoire-Rousseau (harp), Corinne René (vibraphone).
▶ Text : Félix-Antoine Boutin et Sophie Cadieux.
▶ Direction : Félix-Antoine Boutin.
▶ Production : Création dans la chambre + Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Octobere 2024.
▶ Photo : Victor Diaz Lamich.
Coriolanus
A production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy that brings the play into the present through an ambitious audiovisual design combining live performance, film and projection.
▶ Text : William Shakespeare.
▶ Direction : Robert Lepage.
▶ Production : Ex Machina + Stratford Festival, juin 2018.
▶ Photo : Clay Stang.
The Assembly / L’assemblée
A verbatim documentary play exploring political polarization through the real words of four citizens with wildly opposing views.
▶ Text : A. Ivanovici, A. Soutar et B. Watson.
▶ Direction : Chris Abraham.
▶ Production : Porte Parole + Espace GO / repris en Allemagne, aux É-U, en Lituanie entre autres, 2018-25.
▶ Photo : François Laplante Delagrave.
Quills
A dark play imagining the final years of the Marquis de Sade imprisoned in an asylum, fighting to keep writing against all censorship.
▶ Text : Doug Wright, traduction de Jean-Pierre Cloutier.
▶ Direction : Robert Lepage et Jean-Pierre Cloutier.
▶ Production : Ex Machina + Trident, janvier 2016.
▶ Photo : Stéphane Bourgeois.
Best Life
An immersive performance exploring our emotional attachments to domestic machines and the objects that will outlast us on earth.
▶ Text and performance : Maiko Yamamoto.
▶ Production : Theatre Replacement (Vancouver), novembre 2022.
▶ Photo : Chelsey Stuyt.
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UPCOMING▸ Prima Facies by Suzie Miller (adaptation) - directed by Louis-Karl David, Théâtre Duceppe, 2027
▸ Voyage Voyage by Gabrielle Chapdelaine - directed by Louis-Karl David, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2026
▸ Enfin te voilà (Britney) - directed by Sébastien David, Espace Go, 2026
▸ Michelines by Michel-Maxime Legault - directed by Marie-Hélène Gendreau, Théâtre La Marée Haute, Montreal, 2026
PAST
▸ Que notre joie demeure - directed by Maxime Carbonneau, Duceppe, 2025
▸ Corps fantômes - directed by Maxime Carbonneau, Duceppe, 2025
▸ Faune locale by Stéphanie Labbé - directed by Véronique Côté, Théâtre la Bête Humaine / Duceppe, 2025
▸ Aukkauti - directed by Myriam Fugère, AQSIQ, Nunavik, 2024-25
▸ Tout ça - directed by Louis-Karl Tremblay, Théâtre du Quat'sous, 2024
▸ Ma petite pouliche - directed by Louis-Karl Tremblay, Théâtre de la Licorne, 2024
▸ Peau d'âne - directed by Félix-Antoine Boutin and Sophie Cadieux, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2024
▸ L'assemblée - directed by Alexandre Fecteau, Théâtre de la Bordée, 2024
▸ Pendant que les champs brûlent by Dany Boudreault and Patrice Dubois - directed by Patrice Dubois, Théâtre du PàP, 2024
▸ Le roi danse by Emmanuelle Jimenez - directed by Michel-Maxime Legault, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2024
▸ Cygnes noirs - directed by Daniel Damours, Théâtre Prospero, 2024
▸ La machine de Turing - directed by Sébastien David, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, 2024
▸ Je t'écris au milieu d'un bel orage - directed by Maxime Carbonneau, TNM, 2023
▸ Vous êtes animal - directed by Patrice Dubois, Théâtre du Quat'sous, 2023
▸ Best Life - created and directed by Maiko Yamamoto, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver, 2022
▸ Quatre filles - directed by Louis-Karl Tremblay, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2022
▸ Amours propres - directed by Claude Poissant and L.-K. Tremblay, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, 2020
▸ Kismet, Things Have Changed - The Chop Theatre, Vancouver, 2019
▸ Forces Motrices - produced by Les Escales Improbables de Montréal, Vancouver, 2019
▸ La Société des poètes disparus - directed by S. David, Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Montreal, 2018
▸ L'Assemblée / The Assembly - directed by Chris Abraham, Porte Parole, Toronto, Montreal, Maryland, Munich, Quebec, Kaunas, 2018 to 2024
▸ We Came From Dust - directed by Maiko Yamamoto, National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, 2018
▸ Coriolanus by William Shakespeare - directed by Robert Lepage, Ex Machina / Stratford Festival, Gascon-Roux Award for Best Sound Design, TNM, 2018
▸ Alice Munro Stories - directed by Anita Rochon, Belfry Theatre, Victoria, 2017
▸ Quills by Doug Wright (adaptation) - directed by Robert Lepage and Jean-Pierre Cloutier / Ex Machina, Quebec City, 2016
▸ am/a - written and directed by Mindy Parfitt, The Dance Centre, Vancouver, 2015-2016
▸ Usages - written and directed by Amélie Bergeron / Les Brutes de décoffrage, Quebec City, 2015
▸ Like There is No Tomorrow by Architect Theatre - directed by Anita Rochon, SummerWorks, Toronto, 2015
▸ Scratch by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman - directed by S. David, Petite Licorne, Montreal, 2014
▸ Pig by Tim Luscombe - directed by Brian Healy / Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto, 2013
▸ Édouard et Charlotte by Anne Trudel - directed by Christian Fortin, Théâtre Tuyaux humains, Montreal, 2012
▸ Après moi, le déluge by Lluïsa Cunillé - directed by Claude Poissant, Théâtre du Quat'sous, Montreal, 2012
▸ Instructions For Any Future Socialist Government Wishing to Abolish Christmas by Michael MacKenzie - directed by Chris Abraham, Centaur Theatre, Montreal, 2011
▸ L'Océantume by Réjean Ducharme (adaptation) - directed by Sylvain Scott, Théâtre Le Clou, Montreal, 2010
▸ For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again by Michel Tremblay - directed by Chris Abraham, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford Theatre Festival, Stratford, Ontario, 2010
▸ Kismet by Anita Rochon - directed by Anita Rochon and Emelia Symington Fedy, Theatre Centre, Freefall Festival, Toronto; The Cultch, Tremors Festival, Vancouver, 2010
▸ Geometry in Venice by Michael MacKenzie - directed by Chris Abraham, Segal Centre of Performing Arts, Montreal, 2010
▸ La Détresse et l'enchantement by Gabrielle Roy - directed by Olivier Keimed, read by Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Festival international de littérature de Montréal, 2009
▸ Rouge Gueule by Étienne Lepage - directed by Claude Poissant, Théâtre du PàP, Montreal, 2009
▸ Fragments de mensonges inutiles by Michel Tremblay - directed by Serge Denoncourt, Théâtre Jean Duceppe, Montreal, 2009
▸ And Now He Belongs to the Ages (Angels) - created and directed by Anita Rochon, Crow's Theatre Directors' Showcase & Exchange, Toronto, 2009
▸ Train by Maiko Bae Yamamoto - directed by Sarah Chase and James Long, Theatre Replacement / Alberta Theatre Projects, Enbridge Playwrights Festival, Calgary, 2008
▸ Des Flocons pour Alicia by Lyne Barnabé - directed by Anita Rochon, Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, 2007
▸ Gravity by Tricia Collins - directed by Maiko Bae Yamamoto, Urban Ink, Vancouver, 2007
▸ Psychosis 4:48 by Sarah Kane - directed by Mindy Parfitt, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Vancouver, 2007 ✦ Jessie Richardson Award - Best Sound Design
▸ Tango by Anita Rochon - directed by Anita Rochon and Emelia Symington Fedy, The Chop Theatre, Vancouver, 2007
▸ 2 Truths + 1 Lie = Proof by Anita Rochon - directed by Anita Rochon and Emelia S. Fedy, The Chop Theatre, Hive event, Vancouver, 2007
▸ Apocalypse à Kamloops by Stephan Cloutier - directed by Joël Beddows, Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver; Théâtre la Catapulte, Ottawa; Théâtre Français, Toronto, 2007
▸ Recovery by Greg MacArthur - directed by Craig Hall, Rumble Productions, Vancouver, 2006