Through its view of childhood and art, Le Carrousel has been distinguishing itself on national and international stages for 35 years. Supported by research and creative work that pushes back the limits of the permissible and the possible, the company places at the core of its artistic approach the question “What should we say to children?” and examines the place of children in the world. This unique approach is manifested both in the wealth and rigour of Suzanne Lebeau’s writing and in the resolutely contemporary sensibility that Gervais Gaudreault brings to Le Carrousel’s shows, which helps to enhance this particular point of view. Gervais Gaudreault and Suzanne Lebeau, as partners in creation, have given birth to an impressive repertoire of original works that call upon the evocative power of theatre and are considered, here and abroad, to be important signposts in the history of theatre for a young audience.

Une lune entre deux maisons: first Canadian play written for small children. Les Petits Pouvoirs: winner of the Chalmers Children’s Play Award (1985). Gil, adapted from the novel by Howard Buten, Quand j’avais cinq ans, je m’ai tué: best production for young audiences 1987-88 (Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre (AQCT)). Conte du jour et de la nuit: Journal de Montréal’s Grand Prix de Théâtre in 1991. Contes d’enfants réels: Best production for young audiences 1992-93 (AQCT and Académie québécoise du Théâtre). Salvador: Prix Francophonie jeunesse Radio France Internationale (RFI) in 1994 and Prix littéraire de la citoyenneté of the Maine et Loire department in 2002. Petit navire: Grand Prize Tchicaya U Tam’Si in the RFI Théâtre competition. L’Ogrelet: Masques award for original text and lighting design 1999 (Académie québécoise du théâtre) and Prix Teatralia 2000 (Madrid). Petit Pierre: 2004 Technical Award of Merit from the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technologies. Le Pays des genoux: Governor General’s Award for Literature 2005, Theatre section. Cuentos de niños reales: Premios Atina 2006, award for best foreign play presented in Argentina. Le bruit des os qui craquent: 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, and 2007 Prix des Journées de Lyon des auteurs de théâtre.

We would like to thank for their support the General Delegations of Quebec in Mexico City and Paris, the Quebec Bureaus in Barcelona and Shanghai, the Canadian embassies in Madrid, Mexico City, and Paris, and the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei.

Photos, and illustrations:
Manon André, Bernard Bélanger, Véro Boncompagni, Caroline Bourbonnais, Bernard Brault, Nathalie Caron, Maxime Côté, Marc Cramer, Jacques Driol, Yves Dubé, Stéphane Dumais, Marc Dussault, Matthew Fournier, Émilie Gagné-Prud’homme, François-Xavier Gaudreault, Alain Gauvin, Sophie Grenier, Jean-François Hamon, Josée Lambert, Bruno Marcil, Bernard Préfontaine, Olivier Prialnic, Isabelle Rancier, Yves Renaud,Daniel Robillard, Marie-Claude Rodrigue, Pierre Roussel, Jean-Christophe Verbert, Chen Yu-Wei, Izabel Zimmer.

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