Friday, May 28, 2010

Lemieux Pilon performing near you!



The internationally-acclaimed NORMAN, the most recent production by creators Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, is set to make its première tour of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick. Since its launch in 2007, NORMAN has been presented at Montreal’s Place des Arts, where it played to full houses for two consecutive runs. It was also featured at the Quebec Scene Festival of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and at the LUMINATO Festival in Toronto. The critically-acclaimed show, which has staged more than 75 performances to date, recently returned from a worldwide tour that included France, England, Austria, the USA, China, Korea, Mexico and Colombia. 

The tour will take the show to the following cities:

June 10, 11, 12 / Kitchener / Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Centre in the Square
September 24 / Longueuil / Théâtre de la Ville   
September 29 / Rimouski / Spec’Art Salle Desjardins/Telus
October 2 / Baie-Comeau / Centre des arts Alcoa
October 5 / Sept-îles / Salle Jean-Marc-Dion
October 9 / Saint John NB / The Imperial
October 12 / Fredericton NB / Fredericton Playhouse     
October 22 / St-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu / Théâtre des Deux Rives 
October 27 / Kingston ON / The Grand Theatre
October 30 / L’Assomption / Théâtre Hector-Charland
November 3 / Lennoxville / Théâtre Centennial

To download the complete press release, click here.

NORMAN at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival

NORMAN, created by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon and Peter Trosztmer, will be featured during Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario from June 10 to June 12, 2010. The show recently returned from an international tour that included three sold-out performances at Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris.

The premiere festival of new Canadian theatre, The Magnetic North Festival moves around the country, treating Canadians to excellence in English theatre. 

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon present La Belle et la Bête during TNM's season launch

On April 7th, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde presented its 2010-2011 season. Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon were on hand to talk about their new creation, La Belle et la Bête, co-produced by Lemieux Pilon 4D Art and Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and starring François Papineau, Andrée Lachapelle and Bénédicte Décary. The show will make its world premiere on January 17, 2011. Following its run at the TNM, the production will tour cities around the province of Quebec.