Happy World Theatre Day!

[Rebecca Burton]

Hello,



On the occasion of the March 27th celebrations, l’Association des théâtres francophones du Canada (ATFC), Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC)
 would like to wish an excellent World Theatre Day to all practitioners 
and to all theatre lovers from across the country as well as to all who 
allow this millennial art to still touch and delight us, whether they be
 sponsors, broadcasters, patrons or others.



Again this year, and since 2011, our three organizations are 
combining their efforts in the promotion of this day which allows us, 
not only to celebrate the theatrical arts all across the globe, but also
 to position them in social, aesthetic and ethical settings. The three 
partners have, once again, ordered a pan-Canadian message which will be 
read in French as well as in its English translation throughout Canada 
during the many ceremonies held this upcoming March 27th. This year, 
Acadian author Mélanie Léger, co-director of Théâtre Alacenne in 
Moncton, New Brunswick will be in charge of writing this message. The 
English translation will be ensured by playwright and translator Chantal
 Bilodeau.



Created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), an 
organization founded under the umbrella of Unesco, World Theatre Day is 
celebrated all over the world on March 27th through various activities. 
The most important of those is, without a doubt, the international 
message commissioned to an important practitioner. This year, the author
 of the international message is South African playwright, designer, 
director and visual artist Brett Bailey. His message, translated into over twenty languages, is available on ITI’s website (http://www.iti-worldwide.org/worldtheatreday.php). 




To get back to the pan-Canadian message, author Mélanie Léger 
declared : "When ATFC offered me to write the Canadian World Theatre Day
 message, I accepted with enthusiasm. What an honour it is for me and 
what a challenge it is to reflect on your area of practice within the 
context of this day of celebration! I thank ATFC from the bottom of my 
heart for this gift". 



A native of New Brunswick, Mélanie Léger is a 
graduate from the Dramatic Art Department at the University of Moncton 
and has a Master’s Degree from l’École supérieure de théâtre at UQAM. 
She co-directs Théâtre Alacenne, a creation company in Monction, New 
Brunswick. She has written a dozen plays including Roger, Roger, Vie d’chevaland Je…Adieu, which have been published by Éditions Prise de Parole (Sudbury). In 2011, she directed her play Banane fêtefor
 the young public. She was awarded the special Suzanne-Cyr prize in 2013
 from the Fondation pour l’avancement du théâtre francophone au Canada 
which allowed her to intern as the artistic direction assistant at 
Théâtre populaire d’Acadie. Mélanie also works as a scriptwriter for 
Productions du Milieu as well as for Productions Bellefeuilles. Her 
second short film, Emma fait son cinéma, produced by the NFB 
for the Tremplin contest, recently won the TV5 prize at the Rendez-vous 
du Cinéma Québécois 2014. Mélanie is currently starring in the Théâtre 
populaire d’Acadie production Bump! La secousse de Springhill, written by Rick Merrill. She loves to tango and to travel, especially to Latin America.



Mélanie Léger’s Canadian message is available in French and in English on ATFC’s website (http://www.atfc.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=18582&M=4105&Repertoire_No=-589634889). A video of the author reading the text in French is also available.



Chantal Bilodeau is a New York-based playwright and translator 
originally from Montreal. She serves as the Artistic Director of The 
Arctic Cycle – an organization created to support the writing, 
development and production of eight plays that examine the impact of 
climate change on the eight countries of the Arctic – and the author of 
the blog Artists And Climate Change. Recent awards include the 2014 Woodward International Playwriting 
Prize as well as First Prize in the 2012 Earth Matters on Stage Ecodrama
 Festival and the 2011 Uprising National Playwriting Competition. She is
 the recipient of a Jerome Travel & Study Grant and a National 
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Productions include Sila (Underground Railway Theater, 2014), Hunger (Bated Breath Theatre Company, 2011), The Motherline (New York International Fringe Festival, 2009), Pleasure & Pain
 (Magic Theatre; Foro La Gruta, Teatro La Capilla and Festival de Teatro
 Nuevo León in Mexico City, 2007), and the English translations of Holy Land by Mohamed Kacimi (3rd Kulture Kids, 2014), Bintouby Koffi Kwahulé (The Movement Theatre Company, 2010) and Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre by Larry Tremblay (Alberta Theatre Projects, 2010). www.cbilodeau.com

 

Happy World Theatre Day to all!


Cheers,


Rebecca
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Rebecca Burton

Membership and Professional Contracts Manager

Playwrights Guild of Canada

401 Richmond Street West, Suite 350

Toronto, ON

M5V 3A8

Tel: 416-703-0201

Fax: 416-703-0059

Email: rebecca at playwrightsguild.ca

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