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Opening of the Festival :
Monday, November 15th, 2010 !
Once upon eleven times there was Les Coups de Théâtre!
A reinvigorating adventure in the lively arts for young audiences
November 15 -28, 2010, on 11 Montreal stages
22 shows dedicated to new work and interdisciplinarity
Hats off to author Jasmine Dubé and Théâtre Bouches Décousues
Meetings of Professional Associations
Acknowledging the vitality and diversity in all the aspects of theatre arts for young audiences, and provoking extraordinary encounters: that’s what motivates Artistic Director Rémi Boucher who twenty years ago, in 1990, founded Les Coups de Théâtre / Festival international des arts jeune public, a biannual event unparalleled in Canada.
Twenty-two national and international companies attending
From November 15 to 28, 2010, twenty-two companies, eleven from Quebec (with as many new works), and eleven from Australia, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway, present modern, unexpected and sometimes strange works, reflecting society’s transformations and young people’s probing questions. Through the diverse spheres of theatre, puppetry, dance and music, children, teens and adults will encounter programming that is highly stimulating.
Increasingly, authors, directors, choreographers, designers and performers are turning to interdisciplinarity, sharing their expertise in order to transcend the boundaries of genre and style and to evoke universes of great theatrical richness. These works, all presented as world, North American or Montreal premières, are staged in French, English or in their original language, with surtitles, or without any words at all.
Festival locations: eleven Montreal stages
The Festival unfolds on the stages of Usine C; Place des Arts [Théâtre Maisonneuve and the 5e Salle]; the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec; the Monument-National; Tangente; the Agora de la danse; the Studio-théâtre de L’Illusion; the Grande Bibliothèque; and the Maisons de la culture [Plateau-Mont-Royal and Frontenac], our partners for this edition.
From one adventure to the next… Take your seats!
Whether they draw their inspiration from epic or philosophical tales; whether they slip into the roles of legendary and famous characters from literature, whether they revisit a cult work; whether they tackle history, politics, codes of social behaviour, icons of popular culture, or ecological issues; whether they highlight an unusual slice of life, a personal quest or a search for love or identity; or whether they lead us on high-energy expeditions or plunge us into electrifying mysteries; these companies that, along with their poets wielding words and emotions, have been invited to the Festival, welcome all, young and old, onto the stage where imagination reigns, to share in an unforgettable artistic and human experience. While their protagonists may be passionate, ambitious, bumbling, cheeky, comic, nasty, wild, starry-eyed, steadfast, astute or loyal, their adventures offer just as many ways of looking at life. It was, it is, it will be. Make way for the 11th edition of the Festival Coups de Théâtre!
Hats off to Jasmine Dubé and Théâtre Bouches Décousues
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her company, Théâtre Bouches Décousues, the Festival highlights Jasmine Dubé’s writing by presenting her with a Hats off. Author, actress and director, for a quarter of a century, this artist has had an extraordinary influence on Quebec’s theatre for young audiences. On November 26, 7:30 p.m., at the Grande Bibliothèque, on the occasion of the Théâtre à lire event, organized jointly with the Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) and the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), actors Macha Limonchik and Martin Faucher will read excerpts from the playwright’s work, outlining her background, what inspires her, and her creative process. Two of her plays will also be presented during the Festival’s special events: Les mauvaises herbes, November 20 at 8 p.m. and November 21 at 2 p.m. at the Maison de la culture Frontenac and Gingko et la jardinière, from November 14 to 18 at the Centre culturel de Belœil. Also on offer, a reading of Pierrette Pan, ministre de l’enfance et des produits dérivés.
Meetings of Professional Associations
Meetings of professional associations will be held on November 22 at Usine C in Montreal and on November 23 at the Centre de diffusion jeunesse Les Gros Becs in Quebec City. Directors from Quebec and abroad will discuss the specifics of staging new works for young audiences.
The look for 2010
The visual design for the programme, poster and Internet site is by Julien Berthier.
The programme was designed to turn into a little theatre and become a playground for children, who may cut out figures and place their characters in this imaginary setting.
Thank-you!
The Festival Les Coups de Théâtre receives support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (Programme de soutien à l’école montréalaise, Agir autrement), the Ministère des Relations internationales, the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Ville de Montréal, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and Young Canada Works.
