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A production of Le Carrousel theatre company and Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui (Montreal), in residence at Théâtre de la Ville (Longueuil, Quebec), in co-production with Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine and the Fédération d’Associations de Théâtre Populaire with assistance from the Aide à la création program of the Centre national du Théâtre and support provided to the author by SACD (France)
2009 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama; 2009 Prix de la critique, young audiences category, awarded by the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre; 2009 Prix Sony Labou Tansi des lycéens; 2008 Distinction de la Comédie-Française; 2007 Prix des Journées de Lyon des auteurs de théâtre.
Elikia is a child, among so many others, who has seen her life overturned from one day to the next in a chaotic, lawless civil war. The girl, kidnapped from her family, becomes a child soldier. She is a victim, but she is also an executioner in an untenable situation that blurs the most elementary laws of ethics. How can she grow up and remain human when the reference points disappear beneath a hopeless daily brutality? It is little Joseph, the youngest child to come to the rebels’ camp, who reminds her of her childhood, her family, her village, and her humanity, and gives her the courage to break the chain of violence into which she has been pulled.
Le bruit des os qui craquent is a play in two voices. While Joseph and Elikia are on the run, experiencing doubts, fears, and a wish to return to civilized life where children may grow up as children, Angelina, the nurse who greets them at the hospital where they take refuge, puts this painful reality into perspective and opens the window to a light that is uncertain, but a light nonetheless.


“. . . the text by Quebec playwright Suzanne Lebeau, which relates the fate of two child soldiers, is an ode to rediscovered dignity and to responsibility.” Jean-Luc Bertet, leJDD.fr

“Suzanne Lebeau’s beautiful writing, clear and accessible, is based on evocation and situated in a moment full of hope. Her text is nourished by her faith in resiliency; the worst may happen, but human beings’ essential enthusiasm aspires to dreams and hope.” Anne Pelletier, La Provence
“We expected it, but it was still a rude shock. The Quebec company Le Carrousel offered us an unforgettable piece of theatre, one of these moments that anchors us in a reality that is unbearable, but the knowledge of which is necessary. Le bruit des os qui craquent is a text that is intense, hard, raw, simple, and direct. . . . Neither didactic nor sordid, this text . . . is a gift. A true gift.” Dominique Marcon, Zibeline
“Similar to the work by Jean Hatzfeld on the Rwanda genocide, the show sticks closely to the facts, with neither pathos nor false compassion, in a suggestive and very dark staging, guided by a need for information by adults and young people. The show also owes its strength to the restrained performances by the three actors.” Corinne Denailles, Le Pariscope


Jean-Philip Debien
When he graduated from the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Québec in 2009, Jean-Philip Debien was invited by Frédéric Dubois to perform for the night-time walking tour Où tu vas quand tu dors en marchant, offered as part of the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec. He then rejoined his graduating class to present the show . . . et autres effets secondaires at Théâtre Premier Acte in Quebec City, a production marking their entry into the profession, directed by Marie-Josée Bastien. During his training, he worked with directors Marie Gignac, Lorraine Côté, and Jacques Lessard and with the actor Linda Laplante, a long-time collaborator with Le Carrousel.
In film, Jean-Philip Debien played the role of Groleau in La forteresse suspendue by director Roger Cantin, a film in the Contes pour tous collection produced by Rock Demers. On television, he played Arthur Laliberté in Emma and appeared in 15 commercials as well as in Ayoye and Les poupées russes.
Isabelle Miquelon

Trained at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal, Isabelle Miquelon has a rich performance background in theatre, television and film. Debuting on television as Patricia O’Connell in Lance et Compte, which earned her two Gemini Award nominations, she then appeared in a number of Quebec serial dramas, including Jeux de Société, Chop Suey, Les Super Mamies, and, most recently, Tranches de vie. In films, she was in the cast of Léa Pool’s Une belle mort, Paul Thinel’s Les Immortels, and two notable movies by Richard Jutras, La belle empoisonneuse and Hit and Run, which won the 2003 Jutra Award for best short film.
In the theatre, Isabelle Miquelon has been in more than 25 productions in Montreal, enjoying both creating new roles and playing the great classics. After making her debut in Michel Marc Bouchard’s La poupée de Pélopia at Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui, she won the Jan Doat award for her portrayal of Marjolaine in In Extremis at Quat’sous and was in the cast for the premiere of Daniel Danis’s first plays, Celle-là and Cendres de Cailloux, at Espace Go. Following this was a long collaboration with Théâtre de l’Opsis, where she worked with directors Luce Pelletier (Les Grecques and Élektra), Serge Denoncourt (Oreste: The Reality Show), and Jean Gaudreault (Ruines).
Audrey Talbot
A graduate in performance from Option-théâtre at Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Audrey Talbot played for young audiences immediately after leaving school in 2001 in a play inspired by a Grimm’s fairy tale, De celui qui partit en quête de la peur. She was then in the cast of L’oiseau vert, a commedia dell’arte play mounted by Hugo Bélanger and the Tout à Trac company; Le pays des genoux, created by Gervais Gaudreault and Le Carrousel; La petite voix and Double vie, two plays by Michel Cormier and Théâtre Parminou; and Zurbains 2009, directed by Monique Gosselin and produced by Le Clou.
In theatre for adult audiences, Audrey Talbot played J’ai rêvé à des crêpes, which she co-directed at La Petite Licorne, Tout comme elle, a production by Brigitte Haentjens and Sybillines with a cast of 50 women, and Marie Stuart, in which she played the title role, directed by Marc-André Bourgault. In 2007–08, she continued her training in vocal work with actor Danièle Panneton; since then she has been doing studio work, with narration and voice-overs.

| Text |
Suzanne Lebeau |
| Directed by |
Gervais Gaudreault |
| Assistant director |
Stéphanie Capistran-Lalonde |
| Cast |
Jean-Philip Debien, Isabelle Miquelon, Audrey Talbot
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| Set design |
Stéphane Longpré |
| Costumes |
Linda Brunelle |
| Lighting design |
Dominique Gagnon |
| Sound environment |
Nancy Tobin |
| Make up |
François Cyr |
| Hair |
Anik Généreux |
Production manager
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Dominique Gagnon |
| Stage and sound manager, projections |
Éric Gendron |
| Lighting manager |
Régis Guyonnet |
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Le bruit des os qui craquent
by Suzanne Lebeau
Premiered on January 13, 2008 at Centre culturel Marcel Pagnol de Fos-sur-Mer (France)
A production of le Carrousel theatre company and Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui (Montreal), in residence at Théâtre de la Ville (Longueuil, Quebec), in co-production with Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine and the Fédération d’Associations de Théâtre Populaire with assistance from the Aide à la création program of the Centre national du Théâtre and support provided to the author by SACD (France). |
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| TOUR HISTORY |
2008-09 SEASON |
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- In France: Fos-sur-Mer, Cavaillon, Nîmes,Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Pennautier, Aix, Orléans, Vitry-sur-Seine, Épinal, Thonon-les-Bains, Meylan, Gradignan, Dax, Bayonne, Roanne, Mulhouse.
- In Quebec: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui (Montreal)
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| PUBLICATIONS |
- Leméac Éditeur (Quebec), 2009
- Éditions Théâtrales (France), 2008
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LE BRUIT DES OS QUI CRAQUENT in Ontario
September 30, to October 3, 2009
National Arts Centre/ Ottawa/Tel: 613 947-7000
September 30 – 12:30 p.m. (sc)
October 1 – 12:30 p.m. (sc)
October 2 – 12:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
October 3 – 1:30 p.m. (gp)– 8:00 p.m. (gp)
EL RUIDO DE LOS HUESOS QUE CRUJEN im Mexico
October 24, to November 3, 2009
PRESENTEDS AS PART OF FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CERVANTINO :
Teatro María Grever/León/Tel: 55.5566-8568
October 24 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
October 25 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
Teatro Cervantes/Guanajuato/Tel: 55.5566-8568
October 29 – 6:00 p.m. (gp)
October 30 – 6:00 p.m. (gp)
October 31 – 6:00 p.m. (gp)
Auditorio Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez/Querétaro/Tel: 55.5566-8568
November 3 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
LE BRUIT DES OS QUI CRAQUENT in France
March 11, to March 30, 2010
Théâtre de la Manivelle/Wasquehal/Tel: 03 20 26 26 84
March 11 – 2:30 p.m. (sc)
March 12 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:30 p.m. (gp)
Théâtre Paul Éluard/Bezons/Tel: 01.34.10.20.20
March 19 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:30 p.m. (gp)
Centre culturel Le Toboggan/Décines/Tel: 04 72 93 30 00
March 23 – 10:00 a.m. (sc) – 2:30 p.m. (sc)
ATP de l’Aude/L’Espace Cathare/Quillan/Tel: 04 68 71 44 04
March 26 – 9:00 p.m. (gp)
Association du Théâtre Populaire (ATP) d'Uzès/Uzès Tel: 04.66.03.14.65
March 30 – 2:00 p.m. (sc) – 8:30 p.m. (gp)
LE BRUIT DES OS QUI CRAQUENT in Quebec
April 10, to May 16, 2010
Théâtre du Bic/Le Bic/Tel: 418-736-4141
April 10 – 7:30 p.m. (gp)
Corporation de développement culturel de Trois-Rivières/Trois-Rivières/Tel: 819 372-4614
April 15 – 1:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 16 – 1:30 p.m. (sc) (o)
Muni-Spec/Mont-Laurier/Tel: 819 623-5231
April 27 – hour to be confirmed (sc) – hour to be confirmed (sc)
April 28 – hour to be confirmed (sc)
Maison Théâtre/Montréal/Tel: 514 288-7211
May 12 – 10:00 a.m. (sc) (o) – 1:00 p.m. (sc)
May 13 – 10:00 a.m. (sc) – 1:00 p.m. (sc)
May 14 – 10:00 a.m. (sc) – 7:00 p.m. (gp) Premiere
May 16 – 3:00 p.m. (gp)
(sc) school performance
(gp) general public performance
(o) performance in option, to be confirmed


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