For all ages

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PACIFIC PALISADES

In 2015, Jeffrey Alan Lash — who claims to be half human and half alien and works for the US Secret Service — is found dead in his car. Millions of dollars in weapons, ammunition, and cash are discovered in his garage. Fascinated by this event, a man flies to Los Angeles to investigate this mysterious individual. Crossing paths with the other skeptics who have gravitated towards Lash, he gradually discovers the multiple identities of the scheming fabulator. With help from interpreter Evelyne de la Chenelière, director Florent Siaud creates a hallucinatory thriller which reminds us that the powers of fiction are more fascinating and disturbing than ever in a world in constant flux.

Autor : Guillaume Corbeil 

Director : Florent Siaud

Les songes turbulents, a co-production with Théâtre du Trillium, Les Théâtres de Compiègne / Production partners, help and support : Mairie de Paris, Conseil des Arts de Montréal, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Conseil des Arts du Canada, DRAC Hauts-de-France, Département de l’Oise, Région Hauts-de-France, Région Île-de-France,  Centre culturel canadien à Paris, Centre des Auteurs Dramatiques, Chartreuse de Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon, Festival des Francophonies du Limousin, Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui.

Théâtre le Trillium

Autor : Guillaume Corbeil

Director : Florent Siaud

Cast : Evelyne de la Chenelière

Co-director : Juliette Dumaine

Scenography and costumes : Romain Fabre

Lighting : Nicolas Descoteaux

Audio : Julien Éclancher

Vidéo : David B. Ricard

“Pacific Palisades is an incredible and unpredictable show that is unlike any other. A completely crazy and daring gamble. A huge favorite, a must-see.” Frédéric Bonfils, Fou d’art

“In Pacific Palisades, the actress with the delicate physique will play… Guillaume Corbeil, the very author of this vertiginous solo set between fiction and reality.”  Marie Labrecque, Le Devoir

1h15min

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ODE (or the life after looking at the sun in the white of the eyes)

Visionaries in Arkansas claim that the moon has fallen out of its orbit — that it is heading straight for the earth, where it will collide in 24 hours. Not without a dose of humor, a pack of friends meet for a party with the theme of the end of the world, in the mad hope of short-circuiting the inevitable. The night settles and stretches, a precipice where all dreams and excesses are allowed. While the ritual was only a game at the beginning, little by little, the doubt settles in. What if tomorrow really is the end?

A choral piece, ODE questions the collective ritual of the party and the power of solidarity to resist cynicism and panic.

Text and staging : Antoine Côté Legault

Dramaturgy and co-staging : Lisa L’Heureux

Production of Théâtre Rouge Écarlate and La Bibitte, with the collaboration of Théâtre Catapulte

Text and staging : Antoine Côté Legault

Dramaturgy and co-staging : Lisa L’Heureux

Scenography : John Doucet & Marie-Pierre Proulx

Sound creation : Martin Dawagne

Lighting : Tristan-Olivier Breiding

Stage Management : Pascale Courville

Scenography apprentice : Karalee Stevens

Production apprentice : Amélie Duguay

Cast : David Bélizaire, Virginie Charland, Élaine Juteau, Caroline Lefebvre & Chloé Thériault

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Mesdames et messieurs, garçons et filles

In this topical, resonant text, Finn, a young boy assigned female at birth, begins a major change. His transition is far from unanimously accepted around him. Thanks to the memory of a circus show and its mythical, androgynous creatures, Finn manages to affirm and assert his true identity.

For 10 to 14 year olds.

Original text : Dave Deveau
Translation : Marie-Thé Morin de LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS
Public reading : Pier Rodier

Vox Théâtre

Original text : Dave Deveau
Translation : Marie-Thé Morin de LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS
Staging : Pier Rodier

Performers : Lionel Lehouillier , Lissa Léger and Alexandre Gauthier  
Lighting : Tristan-Olivier Breiding
Music : Simone Provencher 
Stage management : Emily Payeur

Production management : Guylaine Knupp 

65 minutes

May 10-11 at 10am and 12:30pm, may 12 at 10am. For information or reservation : Vox Théâtre 613-241-1090 or enfance@nouvellescene.com

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MANMAN LA MER (MANMAN THE SEA)

Manman la mer tells the story of Marjolaine, gifted with the power of knowing the future. Discouraged by her mother, the child suppresses her gift of clairvoyance. But twenty-six years later, dismayed by a mysterious and incurable disease, she has no choice but to travel to Haiti and rely on the good care of her grandmother, Manman la mè. Is she a midwife? A mystic? Or merely a simple grandmother full of love?

Manman la mer celebrates women and Haitian spirituality, joyfully exploring themes of mother-daughter relationships while shaking to the rhythm of traditional Haitian storytelling.

Manman la mer, by Haitian-born artist Djennie Laguerre, premiered in Ottawa in February 2020 just before the start of the pandemic. It has since been performed in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Saskatoon, Sudbury, Toronto and Montreal.

Presented by La Presse

Text and performance : Djennie Laguerre

Théâtre Catapulte

Text and performance : Djennie Laguerre
Director and space design : Kamana Ntibarikure
Music and creative support : Sara Rénélik
Movement : Émilie Jabouin
Composition and sound environment : Elena Stoodley
Lighting and projections : Shawn Henry
Costumes : Isabelle Bélisle
Artistic director : Danielle Le Saux-Farmer
Assistant director and stage manager : Katie Rochford
Surtitles and technical advices : Kyle Ahluwalia
Scenography and set construction advisor : Benoît Brunet-Poirier
Tour management : Lani Martel
Production director : Moriana Kachmarsky
Technical director : Carlos Varela Serra
Interpretation of traditionnal song Nan Lakou A : Ferline Regis

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LA JAMAIS SOMBRE (THE NEVER DARK)

The life cycle of a solar eclipse. A breach opens on cosmic and ancient times. A woman walks into unfamiliar territory. His wandering is driven by the desire to inhabit this invented place where irreconcilable borders converge. Is this the end or the beginning of a world?

The Never Dark is the manifestation of a poetics of light. A scenic writing led by three heads by the designer Marc Parent with the luminous architecture, the composer Michel F Côté with the sound environment and the choreographer-performer Catherine Tardif as guardian of the movement and the female body.

It is said that from the penumbra springs a more subtle, less utilitarian gaze or listening. Some awakenings are better done by candlelight than in broad daylight. In the depths of The Never Dark, perhaps we will perceive otherwise. Maybe we will see something else. Between grace and awe, the ancient mysteries of chiaroscuro are revealed the moment we realize that what we see may have been watching us all this time. Maybe…

Friday show will be followed by a talk with the artists.

Co-creation : Michel F Côté + Catherine Tardif + Marc Parent

Movement design and interpretation : Catherine Tardif

Et Marianne et Simon

Théâtre du Trillium

A show by : Et Marianne et Simon

Co-creation : Michel F Côté + Catherine Tardif + Marc Parent

Movement design and interpretation : Catherine Tardif

Light design : Marc Parent

Sound and music design : Michel F Côté

Costume and make-up : Angelo Barsetti

Artistic advisor : Nicolas Cantin + Marcelle Hudon

Additional music : Walter Schumann, trame musicale du film The Night of the Hunter (extraits) + Gil Slavin/Jean-Claude Cosson, Comme un oiseau qui s’envole, interprétation de Grace Jones + François Couperin, Les Barricades mystérieuses (extrait) + Foodsoon, strike four (extrait)

Co-production : Festival TransAmériques

Creative residencies : Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique + Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal

Presentation in collaboration with Agora de la danse + Tangente

Thanks to : Flex Rigging + José Navas/Compagnie Flak + Pierre Laniel

Creation in Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, le 9 juin 2021

Writing : Myriam Perraton-Lambert

Translation : Luba Markovskaia

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WALKING:HOLDING

What happens when two strangers hold hands in public?

What intimate connections can we develop with someone we’ve just met?

Walking:Holding is a singular nomadic experience designed for spectator at a time.

During a forty-minute wander through the city, audiences will hold hands with seven artists of different ages, genders, social backgrounds, and cultural and sexual identities.

The duos will follow a carefully thought-out and pre-established route. They may remain silent, or they may talk. No interaction is scripted, leaving the space open for instinctive and organic connection.

An opportunity to explore the social diversity and cultural codes of our metropolis from a new perspective.

Seemingly simple, Walking:Holding is a complicated, rich, nurturing experience for audience members, performers, and witnesses encountered on street corners.

Walking:Holding allows us to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, to become aware of the gaze of passersby, to challenge prejudices. It raises awareness of the realities of minority identities. A precious moment of reflection and intimacy, a break from the hubbub of the city.

This intersectional creation by Rosana Cade (Glasgow) has been touring the world since 2011. It now comes to life for the first time in Ottawa after two years of pandemic that have challenged even the most benign human contact.

Start at La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins, 333. King Edward Ave, K1N 7M5, Ottawa.

Creator : Rosana Cade

Théâtre du Trillium / associated artist : Emmanuel Gingras

45 minutes

For accessibility requests (reduced mobility, need for an attendant, hearing/visual aids, etc.), please do not hesitate to communicate this information with us before your visit at billetterie@nouvellescene.com.

We will be able to better adapt our reception to your comfort and to allow you to have a pleasant experience.