For all ages

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Parole d’eau

They are two friends, Mamby and Hélène: one lives in Senegal, the other in Canada. What they have in common is that their feet burn: one on the hot sand, the other in her winter boots. What differentiates them is that one lives in the abundance of water, rubbing shoulders with snow and ice, while the other fetches drinking water by carrying it in her basins.

“MAMBY: I think that water transmits everything we say. Water hears all languages. »

This precious liquid, which is missing in many places, is the main character of this show. Before our eyes, Hélène and Mamby give life and voice to the different forms that water can take: spring water, well water, dirty water, rainwater… They express the challenges, fears, frustrations and concerns that they have to face when they come up against the absence or overabundance of water. They take us from Africa from the Sahel to North America.

For ages 6 and up.

Text, direction and acting: Mamby Mawine (ex Patricia Gomis) and Hélène Ducharme

Compagnie Djamara (Sénégal), Théâtre Motus (Montréal) et Dramane Dembélé

Cohosted by VOX Théâtre and Théâtre de la Vieille 17

Text, direction and acting: Mamby Mawine (ex Patricia Gomis) and Hélène Ducharme

Music: Dramane Dembélé

Puppets and accessories: Jean Cummings and Claude Rodrigue

Earth and Water Character: Alessandro Fanni

Costumes: Valentina Sartori

Management and technical direction: to be confirmed

Lights: Jérôme Bérubé

Dramaturgical advisor: Jennifer Tremblay

Participation in the creation of Koffi Mens: Isabelle Chrétien and Claudine Rivest

Thanks to Ramatoulaye Marone, Ramata Fanni, Pauline Tine, Olivier Guillochon and his family

50 minutes

Post-show discussions on November 1, 2 and 3, 2023.

Snack offered.

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Tweet tweet

A contemporary circus show performed in pairs, Tweet Tweet is intended for toddlers aged 0 to 3 and the adults who accompany them. True to circus tradition, the show is performed in a circular space, a magical tree which includes two nests with two wooden swings suspended from its branches.

From the nests, the performers use ropes attached to the trunk to move and twirl up into the tree canopy, then land on the ground.

To their liking, the public sits or lies down on the large forest floor placed under the branches of the tree. An enchanting spectacle that is sure to delight young and old alike!

For 2 years old and up.

Design: Lindsay Goodtimes and Holly Treddenick; Creation and choreography: Lindsay Goodtimes, Holly Treddenick and Monica Dottor; Director: Monica Dottor

Femmes du Feu Creations (Toronto)

Hosted by VOX Théâtre

Conception : Lindsay Goodtimes et Holly Treddenick

Création et chorégraphie : Lindsay Goodtimes, Holly Treddenick et Monica Dottor 

Interprétation : Lindsay Goodtimes et Holly Treddenick 

Mise en scène : Monica Dottor 

Création des appareils circassiens : Upstage Fabrication Inc 

Scénographie : Kelsey Carriere 

Construction de l’arbre : Peter Benedetti et Kelsey Carriere

Conception sonore : Monica Dottor 

Éclairage et ornithologue : Ian Goodtimes 

Costume : Tanis Sydney McArthur 

25 minutes

May 30 to 31 mai 2024. enfance@nouvellescene.com

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Durant des années

At the crossroads of contemporary drama and true crime podcasts, For Years immerses us in rural Quebec in 1999. An island village, lost in the middle of the Ottawa River, becomes the scene of the mysterious murder of a teenager. It is with the aim of answering the questions surrounding this tragedy that, twenty years later, a journalist returns to her hometown to unearth (and divert) this heavy past. But this research was without taking into account the traces left by this event on the small community. How far are we willing to go for glory? After all, maybe some things are meant to stay buried…

After Néon Boréal, the Théâtre du Trillium returns with a new creation, the first digital audio episode of which was presented at the Zones Théâtrales in 2019. In keeping with the avant-garde practices associated with it, the Théâtre du Trillium teamed up with the Théâtre Catapulte for ambitious formal research and designed an interactive scenography generated by artificial intelligence. Blurring the boundaries between human and machine, documentary aesthetics and fiction, For Years echoes a wary era of the media in which journalistic rigor and “fake news” just like truth and falsehood mingle. within the same fresco.

Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, Louis Philippe Roy

A co-production of Théâtre Catapulte and Théâtre du Trillium in collaboration with Zones Théâtrales.

Cohosted by Théâtre Catapulte and Théâtre du Trillium

Texte : Louis-Philippe Roy 

Mise en scène : Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard

Distribution : Danielle Le Saux-Farmer, Alexandre-David Gagnon, Stéphanie Kym Tougas, Gabrielle Brunet-Poirier, Lissa Léger, Sasha Dominique, Marc-André Charette, Jonathan Charlebois, Richard Léger, Carol Beaudry (voix), Isabelle Bélisle (voix), Josianne Lavoie (voix)

Conception d’éclairage : Guillaume Houët et Florence Letarte

Conception sonore : Olivier Fairfield

Conception vidéo : Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard

Conception de costume : Mylène Ménard

Sonorisation : Gabriel Martine

Conseillère dramaturgique : Dominique Lafon 

Régie : Mélanie Thévenaz

Direction de production : Geneviève Caron et Stella Chayer-Demers

Répétiteur : Anne Hamels 

120 minutes

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À table

Three diplomats meet around a table representing their own gourmet tower of Babel with the aim of agreeing on a common infrastructure project.

But how can we understand each other when we don’t speak the same language? Throughout the meal, the diplomats use everything they can get their hands on to get out of impasses… and ultimately have fun like kids! The table then becomes their playground, transforming into an unexpected and unusual sculpture.

By featuring serious characters who delve into playfulness, this show allows us to have fun as well as to think about our way of living together. It’s the perfect opportunity to play problem solving while celebrating the emergence of imagination!

Ideation: Simon Boulerice, Sylvie Laliberté and Serge Marois

Director: Serge Marois

L’Arrière Scène

Hosted by VOX Théâtre

Ideation: Simon Boulerice, Sylvie Laliberté and Serge Marois

Director: Serge Marois

Interpretation: Sarah Desjeunes, Nadine Jean and Sasha Samar

Scenography: Clélia Brissaud

Music: Pierre Labbé

Lighting: Thomas Godefroid

Costumes: Marilyne Roy

Production management: Jean-François Landry

Technical direction: Julie-Anne Parenteau-Comfort

Photographer: Suzane O’Neill

45 minutes

December 6 to 8 décembre. enfance@nouvellescene.com

Post-show discussion on December 6, 7 and 8, 2023.

Snack offered.

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Le roi poubelle

Élise, a documentary filmmaker, is shipwrecked on a strange island made entirely of waste. The island is located on the other side of the world, in the middle of the North Pacific. In addition to being the only survivor of the shipwreck, Élise is weakened by the recent death of her mother. So she is looking for help when she comes across the strange Trash King.

The sole inhabitant and self-proclaimed sovereign of the plastic island, he gives a second life to the waste that washes up on the beach. Unaccustomed to contact with humans, he first sees Élise as a reject to be transformed in the same way as the others. Then, after a difficult first meeting, they discover common passions.

Despite the affection she has for King Poubelle, Élise refuses his offer to rule the island with him. She dreams of returning to the world she comes from, a world that King Trash despises, because he throws so many things precious in his eyes into the sea.

The Garbage King explores loneliness, mourning, hope and the feeling of having to face the consequences of actions committed remotely by unconscious people.

Eudes Laroche-Francoeur, Pier Rodier and Louise Poirier.

Coproduction of VOX Théâtre and the Théâtre français de Toronto

Hosted by VOX Théâtre

Text and music: Eudes Laroche-Francoeur

Director: Pier Rodier

Musical direction: Louise Poirier

Interpretation: Eudes Laroche-Francoeur and Béatrice René-Décarie

Dramaturgical advice: Marie-Thé Morin

Scenography: Manon Doran and Pier Rodier

Lighting: Emilio Sebastiao

Costume: Mylène Ménard

Director: Émilie Payer

65 minutes

April 16 to 19, 2024. enfance@nouvellescene.com

Post-show discussion on April 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2024.

Snack offered.

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La fuite de l’hippocampe

Since the dawn of time, humans have been fascinated by the phenomenon of dreams.

As part of this immersive theatrical installation for children, two dreamers-researchers want to learn more about paradoxical sleep — this precise moment when dreams occur.

The public is invited to wander freely in this laboratory of dreams which engages all of the spectator’s senses: soundscapes, dreamlike images, luminous textures, miniature worlds and surprising encounters are there.

Thanks to the improbable fusion of several techniques of visual art, mechanical art, media arts, shadow theater and puppets, this experience will stimulate the imagination of dreaming spectators.

For ages 4 and up.

Ideation, direction and interpretation: Judith Poitras and Marie-Ève Fontaine

Les Vagabondes in collaboration with Vox Théâtre

Hosted by VOX Théâtre

Creation and interpretation: Marie-Ève Fontaine and Judith Poitras
Sound design and live music: Martin Dawagne
Lights: Gabriel Pilon
Costumes: Virginie Charland
Scenography: Marie-Ève Fontaine, Judith Poitras and Pier Rodier
Director advisor: Pier Rodier
Dramaturgical advisor: Marie-Thé Morin
Director: Anne Hamels
Technical direction: Joel Garrow
Puppet: Julie Malenfant

40 minutes

May 23 to 24, 2024. enfance@nouvellescene.com