Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario
Encyclopedia
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (Theatre of New-Ontario) is a Canadian
professional theatre
company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario
, the company produces French language
stage productions from this city for its community, for Ontario, for Canada and overseas too.
The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario
, a group of artists that included André Paiement
, Marcel Aymar
and Robert Paquette
. It evolved out of an informal association of students at Laurentian University
who united to write and perform a Franco-Ontarian musical theatre
show, Moé, j'viens du nord, 'stie!, in 1970.
Other artists later to be associated with the company included Jean-Marc Dalpé
and Brigitte Haentjens
.
The company originally staged theatre productions at Laurentian's Fraser Auditorium. It subsequently acquired a former bakery on King Street in the city's Flour Mill neighbourhood, and remained there until building a new theatre on the grounds of Collège Boréal
in the late 1990s.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, the company produces French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
stage productions from this city for its community, for Ontario, for Canada and overseas too.
The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario
CANO
CANO were a Canadian progressive rock band in the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most popular and internationally successful musical group in Franco-Ontarian history.-Origins:...
, a group of artists that included André Paiement
André Paiement
André Paiement was a Canadian playwright and musician. He was one of the most prominent Franco-Ontarian artists, playing a key role in developing many of the cultural institutions of the community....
, Marcel Aymar
Marcel Aymar
Marcel Aymar is a franco-ontarian singer originally from Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia. He moved to Sudbury, Ontario in 1972 as a teen and was involved in the popular franco-ontarian group CANO, playing guitar...
and Robert Paquette
Robert Paquette
Robert Paquette is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.In 1970, he worked with the theatre group at Laurentian University, composing songs for the franco-ontarian stage musical Moé, j'viens du nord, 'stie!. The troupe eventually evolved into the city's Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario...
. It evolved out of an informal association of students at Laurentian University
Laurentian University
Laurentian University , was incorporated on March 28, 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada....
who united to write and perform a Franco-Ontarian musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
show, Moé, j'viens du nord, 'stie!, in 1970.
Other artists later to be associated with the company included Jean-Marc Dalpé
Jean-Marc Dalpé
Jean Marc Dalpé is a Canadian playwright and poet. He is one of the most important figures in Franco-Ontarian literature....
and Brigitte Haentjens
Brigitte Haentjens
Brigitte Haentjens is a Canadian theatre director and president of her own company, Sybillines, which she founded in 1997.-Biography:Born in France, she studied theatre in Paris before moving to Ontario in Canada at the age of 25.-Career:...
.
The company originally staged theatre productions at Laurentian's Fraser Auditorium. It subsequently acquired a former bakery on King Street in the city's Flour Mill neighbourhood, and remained there until building a new theatre on the grounds of Collège Boréal
Collège Boréal
Collège Boréal is a francophone College of Applied Arts and Technology based and with its principal campus in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The college also has satellite campuses in Hearst, Kapuskasing, Timmins, Temiskaming Shores, Toronto and West Nipissing, as well as a network of access centres...
in the late 1990s.