Marguerite: le feu

Start: 2025-06-13T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-06-13T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Babs Asper Theatre

By Émilie Monnet

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Step into 1740 Quebec with Marguerite: le feu. Witness the historic trial of Marguerite Duplessis, an Indigenous woman declaring her freedom from slavery. This groundbreaking French-language performance ignites the fire within every Marguerite—past and present—fighting for justice. Experience the flames of regeneration and rediscovered memory in a multidisciplinary production inspired by the indomitable spirit of those who strive for recognition. Developed with support from...

June 12 - 13, 2025

7:30 pm EDT

June 2025

Jun 12 2025

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Jun 13 2025

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Babs Asper Theatre 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Marguerite: le feu

Jun 12 - 13, 2025

Babs Asper Theatre

Francophone Indigenous arts Theatre Drama Exhibitions & installations

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≈ 60 minutes · No intermission

Step into 1740 Quebec with Marguerite: le feu. Witness the historic trial of Marguerite Duplessis, an Indigenous woman declaring her freedom from slavery. This groundbreaking French-language performance ignites the fire within every Marguerite—past and present—fighting for justice. Experience the flames of regeneration and rediscovered memory in a multidisciplinary production inspired by the indomitable spirit of those who strive for recognition.

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.

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Text/Staging Émilie Monnet
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At the crossroads of theatre, performance and media arts, Émilie Monnet’s work is most often presented in the form of interdisciplinary theatre or performative installations. Her artistic approach favors collaborative and multilingual creative processes, and explores the themes of identity, memory, history and transformation. A committed interdisciplinary artist, in 2011 she founded Onishka Productions in order to forge links between artists from different cultures and disciplines. Artist in Residence at the Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui from 2018 to 2021, she is now the artist in residence at Espace GO for the next three years.

Most recently, she presented her play Okinum at the Centaur Theater and at the National Arts Centre, and her new creation Marguerite: le feu will be produced next spring. Émilie is Algonquin/French and currently lives between the Outaouais and Tiohtià: ke / Mooniyaang / Montréal.

Au croisement du théâtre, de la performance et du son, le travail d’Émilie Monnet est le plus souvent présenté sous forme de théâtre interdisciplinaire ou d’installations performatives. Sa démarche artistique privilégie les processus de création collaboratifs et multilinguistiques, et sonde les thèmes de la mémoire, de l’histoire et de la transformation. Artiste interdisciplinaire engagée, elle fonde en 2011 les Productions Onishka afin de tisser des liens entre artistes de différents peuples autochtones, toutes disciplines confondues. Artiste en résidence au Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui de 2018 à 2021, elle est maintenant la nouvelle artiste en résidence à Espace GO pour les trois prochaines années.

Tout récemment, elle présentait son spectacle Okinum au théâtre Centaur et au Centre national des Arts, et sa nouvelle création Marguerite: le feu sera diffusée au printemps prochain. Émilie est d’origine algonquine et française et vit actuellement entre l’Outaouais et Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyaang / Montréal.
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