English
FrançaisLA TROUPE DU JOUR
Artistic Mission Statement
La Troupe du Jour is a professional, not-for-profit organization that develops theatre in Saskatchewan through creation, training, production and presentation. This framework of activities is set out in the charter instituted in October 1987 and revised in September 2007.
Community Mission Statement
The company is dedicated to the development of French-language theatre in Saskatchewan. In this connection, through its leadership role in playwriting, the company is working to create and develop an original dramaturgy for Western Canada. Over the past decade, it has developed a dramaturgical mentorship process intended to support Fransaskois playwrights at every stage of creation. This mandate for creation is the cornerstone of La Troupe du Jour’s artistic mission. The company also makes contemporary writing for the theatre better known by presenting the work of Canadian playwrights
STUDIO 914
SITE OF INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE
La Troupe du Jour’s Production Centre and Studio 914 form a genuine cultural crossroads that promotes equality, inclusion and accessibility for everyone. Studio 914 is a space where different cultures and generations can come together and engage in dialogue. It welcomes artists, administrators and viewers who represent a broad range of cultures, backgrounds, orientations and beliefs, serving as a major source of pride for the company.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
La Troupe du Jour actively supports environmental respect and conservation. The extensive retrofitting of the building itself was mindful of sustainable development, incorporating skylights, solar panels, in-floor heat and programmable thermostats… In the day-to-day, raw materials are sorted and recycled, paper is rationed and recyclable materials are given priority, for example in building the sets for our productions.
HISTORY
Founded in 1985, La Troupe du Jour is the only professional French-language theatre company in Saskatchewan and for that reason plays an essential role in the Fransaskois cultural landscape. For 12 years, the company has maintained an artistic presence in Francophone communities across the province by touring shows, supporting playwriting and presenting programs in the schools.
The company underwent many changes in 2019 and welcomed Artistic and General Director Bruce McKay as well as Administrative and General Director Gabriel Gosselin. It has enjoyed financial stability and assembled a professional team of artists and administrators, presenting a solid program in keeping with its mandate of creation, production, presentation and artistic training. In this way, it has gradually expanded its professional program and today presents itself as the principal professional French-language theatre company in Saskatchewan and one of 13 active professional Francophone theatres outside Quebec.
In its 30-year history, the company has produced more than 80 plays, half of which are original creations or adaptations of original works by authors from Saskatchewan. Developing these plays has enabled the company to present its audiences with texts that reflect Saskatchewan realities.
THEATROGRAPHY
- Azarie
- Joanne Ruisseau
- Soirée Molière
- Mlle Roberge boit un peu
- La bête à sept têtes
- Manon last call
- Le Géant Beaupré
- Puzzles
- Surprise, surprise
- Les Farces de Molière
- Monsieur tout gris
- Balconville
- Eva et Éveline
- Belle fille de l’Aurore
- Biblio a perdu son livre
- L’Homme à tout faire
- L’Homme gris
- Le Voyageur solitaire
- Chez Paulette
- Les Canadiens
- Julien et la légende du dragon
- Le Vieux fou
- De Blé d’inde et de pissenlits
- Scapin
- La Petite poule d’eau
- La Tempête
- La Fin d’un amour
- L’Ampoule magique
- Quelle vie de chat
- La Trahison
- Les Reines de la réserve
- Mis à part
- Le Petit prince
- Les Tremblay
- Une Lune entre deux maisons
- La trahison
- En Attendant Godot
- La Mort de Danton
- Via le net
- Le Costume
- Quatres faces
- L’Astronome
- Le Six / Five six pick a stick
- Le Champs
- La Raccourcie
- La Magnifique aventure de Denis St-Onge
- Les grandes chaleurs
- Fuego
- La Fuite comme un voyage
- L’Été des martiens
- George Dandin
- Le Lit de mort
- Dust & Dream
- L’Hypocrite
- L’Air, l’ère, l’aire libre
- Amies à vie
- Lady McBeth
- Le Train Fantôme
- Rencontre Insolite
- Vendredi soir
- Du Vent dans les branches de sassafras
- Safari de banlieue
- Le Père Noël est une ordure
- 5 ans
- Zazie dans le métro
- Le Bonspiel sinistre de Wullie MacCrimmon
- Encore une fois, si vous permettez
- Trois contes de Perrault
- Foyer
- Cette fille-là
- Le Mariage d’la fille Gareau
- Grace & Gloria
- Visites à Monsieur Green
- Une Lune d’eau salée
- Salt-Water Moon
- Les grandes chaleurs
- Les Urbains
- Deux Frères
- La vie après le hockey
- Les farces de Molière
- Le fantôme de Canterville
- Une dangereuse obsession
- Les vieux péteux
- Unity (1918)
- Les mots d’Ados
- Rearview
- Au moment de sa disparition
- Bonneau et la Bellehumeur
- Le Périmètre
- Hikikomori
- Encore
- Départs
- Une maison face au nord
- Les Médecins de Molière
- Théâtre à la carte
– Double néfaste, un conte de fées… comme il se doit de Raoul Granger;
– Jusqu’à ce que la mort vous sépare de Christiane Laberge;
– Berthe et Lolo de Marie-Claire Marcotte et Rebecca;
– Fortune Cookie d’Amanda Gaudet); production de La Troupe du Jour - La Maculée, Madeleine Blais-Dahlem; production de La Troupe du Jour
- Écume, Anne-Marie White; production de Théâtre du Trillium
- La Grande vague, Laurier Gareau; production de la Troupe du Jour
- Zone, Marcel Dubé ; coproduction du Théâtre la Catapulte et du Thèâtre français de Toronto
- Festival Découvertes
- Chemin Faisant :
– Orphée à Duck Lake, David Baudemont; production de la Troupe du Jour
– Aristide de Gaulaskois: Branle-bas à Flaque aux canards, Raoul Granger; production de La Troupe du Jour
– Au nom de tous : un spectacle cornélien, Madeleine Blais-Dahlem; produce by La Troupe du Jour
– La Légende des quatres, Martine Noel-Maw; production de La Troupe du Jour
– 100 ans plus tard, Laurier Gareau; production de La Troupe du Jour - Pekka, Isabelle Payant du Théâtre des petites âmes
- Les trois exils de Christian E. Christian Essiambre du Théâtre sortie de secours et du Théâtre l’Escaouette
- Coffre-Fort de La Troupe du Jour
- Festival découvertes
- StatuQuo, Gilles Poulin-Denis du Théâtre la Seizième
- Cirque Orphelin, du Théâtre Les sages fous
- Prendre racine de La Troupe du Jour
- Alice au pays des merveilles de Tout à Trac
- Un du Théâtre Orange noyée
- La chambre blanche de La Troupe du Jour
- Festival découverte 3e édition
- Ik Onkar du Théâtre la catapulte
- Pomme du Théâtre des petites âmes
- Les mots d’ados de La Troupe du Jour
- Pinocchio du Tennessee Performing Arts Center, et La Place des Arts
- Bouffe du Théâtre populaire d’Acadie, Houppz Theatre, et Satellite Theatre
- Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard pièce communautaire de La Troupe du Jour
- Festival Découvertes 4e édition
- La Raccourcie de La Troupe du Jour
- Le chant de Georges Boivin de Les Productions Kléos
- Dans le noir les yeux s’ouvrent de Nuages en pantalon, Le Cirque-Théâtre du bout du monde, la TOHU
- Le Long Voyage de Pierre-Guy B. du Théâtre de l’Escaouette, Théâtre Sortie de Secours, et Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts
- Et le reflet de notre lune dansera de La Troupe du Jour
- Les Belles-Soeurs pièce communautaire de La Troupe du Jour
- Ma Irma de La Troupe du Jour
- Straight Jacket Winter de Production 2par4, Le Théâtre français du Centre National des arts, Théâtre de la seizième
- Le Cygne de Le théâtre de Deux Mains
- Bousille et les justes community play by La Troupe du Jour
- Baobab de Théâtre Motus & la troupe Sô (Mali)
- Bibish de Kinshasa Hôtel-Motel
- Madame Diva Chante Noël Productions Madame Diva (Manitoba)
- Août un repas à la campagne community play by La Troupe du Jour
- Le Wild West Show de Gabriel Dumont coproduction by the National Arts Centre, Le théâtre Cercle Molière, Le nouveau théâtre expérimental et Le Théâtre français
- Avant l’Archipel l’Irréductible petit peuple (Québec) & l’Atelier (Ottawa)
- Les Trois Points de Tryo Professional production for early childhood by La Troupe du Jour
- Havre Professional production by La Troupe du Jour
- Muliats Menuentakuan (Montréal)
- Dans nos maisons Théâtre de deux mains (Québec)
- Le petit prince community play by La Troupe du Jour
- Élise contre l’extinction totale L’UniThéâtre (Edmonton)
- Scapin community play by La Troupe du Jour
- Running Piece by Grand Poney
- Will & Ernest by La Troupe du Jour
- Life After Hockey by La Troupe du Jour
AWARDS
La Troupe du Jour was inducted into the Margaret Woodward Theatre Hall of Fame by Theatre Saskatchewan in recognition of its contribution to the development and vitality of theatre in Saskatchewan. La Troupe du Jour is the first and only company to receive this honour.
On its 20th anniversary, La Troupe du Jour received the Prix hommage aux arts et industries culturelles from the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française.
The production of Rearview by Gilles Poulin-Denis received three prizes from the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards: Achievement in New Playwriting, Achievement in Sound Design and Achievement in Production.
Gilles Poulin-Denis is nominated in the French Theatre category of the 2010 Governor General’s Literary Awards for the text of his play, Rearview, published in Montreal by Dramaturges Éditeurs.
The Conseil culturel fransaskois gave Le Lys d’Art to our Artistic Director Denis Rouleau for his involvement in culture and arts in the Fransaskois community. At the 2010 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards Denis Rouleau also received the prestigious “Henry Woolf Continuing Achievement” award, an award recognizing his long-standing commitment of twenty years to Fransaskois and Francophone theatre.
Raoul Granger receives at the 2010 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards the “Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting” award for his play Bonneau et la Bellehumeur.
Composer and musician Gilles Zolty is also nominated at the 2010 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards in the “Outstanding Achievement in Design” category.
Les Arts et la Ville network, a network comprising of 500 municipalities and 140 cultural organisations selected La Troupe du Jour’s Production Centre as one of 13 inspiring best practices with respect to cultural development within Canadian municipalities. In a beautiful 50 page image & text publication edited by David Pépin, the Quebec-city based organisation recognizes the Production Centre as a model for communities that wish to use culture as an important factor in their development. To order a copy: http://www.arts-ville.org/publications/la-culture-mise-en-pratiques.
The Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre and La Troupe du Jour co-nominate Madeleine Blais-Dahlem for Saskatoon’s YWCA’s 2011 Woman of Distinction Award in the Arts, Culture and Heritage category.
La maculée/sTain awarded a SATA (Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards) for Outstanding Playwriting. Nominated for Outstanding Actor (Marie-Claire Marcotte), Outstanding Lighting, Outstanding Design and Outstanding Production.
La Troupe du Jour was nominated at the Sask Arts Awards for Organization in Leadership
Mishka Lavigne’s play ‘Havre’ wins the Governor General’s Award for French-language drama
Martine Noël-Maw’s play, ‘Will et Ernest’, wins three SATA (Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards):
Outstanding Leading Performance: Martine Noël-Maw
Performance d’un comédien principal : Bruce McKay
Outstanding Lighting Design: Will Brooks