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	Convinced of the need for a true artistic encounter, Le Carrousel places at the core of its creative approach the question “What should we say to children?” and reflects deeply on artists’ self-censorship when dealing with young audiences. Supported by creative research that breaks through limits and boundaries, artistic directors Suzanne Lebeau and Gervais Gaudreault have used their passion to form a repertoire of original works that are considered, in Quebec and abroad, to be milestones in the history of theatre for young audiences.. This unique vision of childhood and art, manifested in the emotional charge and intensity of Suzanne Lebeau’s texts and the inventive sensitivity of Gervais Gaudreault’s directing, has made the company’s reputation on national and international stages. For more than 35 years, Le Carrousel has sought to tear down the walls between audiences and between practices, out of the conviction that theatre for children must also reach out to and even disturb adults.

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 Prix de littérature dramatique des collégiens, Île-de-France Collidram, 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.

Le Carrousel would like to underline the financial support of Alogient for its outreach.

We would like to thank for their support the General Delegations of Quebec in Mexico City and the Canadian embassies in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Mexico City, and Paris and the XIIIe groupe de travail Québec-Mexique.

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, Wolfgang Noethlichs, Bernard Préfontaine, Olivier Prialnic, Isabelle Rancier, Mathieu Rivard, Yves Renaud,Daniel Robillard, Marie-Claude Rodrigue, Pierre Roussel, Jean-Christophe Verbert, Chen Yu-Wei, Izabel Zimmer.

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