OUR COMPANIES
VOX
Vox Théâtre creates, produces, presents, and tours shows for young audiences, families, and the general public at La Nouvelle Scène. The company aims to help audiences discover and share a passion for musical theatre, whose style changes to suit the dramaturgy of each project. Vox Théâtre favours the development of new texts and adaptations that allow for the exploration of the possibilities of the human voice through different means of scenic expression. The company also maintains a tradition of artistic resourcing and awareness that take the form of theatrical animations, exploration laboratories, workshops, and conferneces in the community and in schools. Vox also hosts performances at LNS to enrich the artistic and cultural life of its community.
LE TRILLIUM
Founded in 1975, the Théâtre du Trillium contributes to the advancement of artistic practice through the production, dissemination, and research of the best contemporary stage writing in French in the heart of Canada’s National Capital. Drawing on the knowledge and experience of over forty years of history, the company remains at the forefront of all forms of performing arts, from providing support for emerging artists to offering solutions to digital issues in the performing arts.
Whether it be through the excellence of the artists and artisans involved in the creation of important innovative works; through the hosting of flagship shows in stage creation; through the support and accompaniment of emerging creators; through the establishment of a brand new co-production initiative and a creative residency; through launching a national research laboratory in digital creation; or through its network of distribution and hosting with major institutional partners, Théâtre du Trillium — its management and its team — demonstrate consistent originality, professionalism, and dynamism.
THÉÂTRE DE LA VIEILLE 17
Théâtre de la Vieille 17 is a crossroads where children’s theatre and theatre for the general public converge in complete harmony. A space where the candour of childhood and the concerns of adulthood are combined, a place where all audiences can be challenged by the content of the works as well as by their multiple forms — acting, masked play, puppet theatre, the list goes on.
Called upon to travel the country and even sometimes beyond its borders to present its original creations, La Vieille 17 remains deeply connected to its community, and proves that attachment by offering projects that have a profound effect on the immediate world around it.
In an increasingly virtual world, too often worried about differences and detached from humanity, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 wants to move through action, entertain through interaction, and make people think together.
CATAPULTE
Théâtre Catapulte is a professional creation, production, and presentation theatre company anchored in French Ontario. Based in Ottawa, Catapulte is dedicated to both the general public and more specifically to teenagers. In addition to offering performances to audiences in the National Capital Region as part of the programming at La Nouvelle Scène, the creative theatre centre of which Catapulte is one of four founding companies, Catapulte often travels across Canada, touring original creations to communities that rarely have access to Francophone cultural offerings. Catapulte also pays particular attention to the relationship it builds with its audiences through cultural mediation activities.