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— July 7 to 11, 2023 at the Avignon Festival — Marguerite : le feu will be part of the program of the 77th Avignon festival. The piece will be presented on July 7-8-9-10 and 11, 2023 at the Théâtre Benoît XII. It is a great honor for Émilie Monnet and Onishka Productions to accept […]

– since April 4, 2023 in Quebec bookstores – The text of the play Marguerite : le feu has been published by Les herbes rouges in its collection scène_s, it benefits from a Dossier dramaturgique elaborated by Marilou Craft which reports what we know about the life of Marguerite Duplessis, summarizes the history of slavery

— June 3-4, 2023 at FTA, Montreal —  Productions Onishka will be sharing a work-in-progress of Nigamon/Tunai as part of Festival TransAmériques’s ‘Playground events’. Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina Jacanamijoy have been collaborating for almost ten years on solidarity-based exchanges between their respective Anishinaabeg and Inga communities—and, more broadly, with other Indigenous artists. This has

— April 6 at the unveiling ceremony for the Grand prix du CAM, Montreal — Productions Onishka is a finalist for the Grand prix du Conseil des Arts de Montréal. Since 1985, the Conseil des arts de Montréal has awarded its annual Grand Prix to organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to the artistic

— March 23-24, 2023 at Le Diamant, Quebec City —  More than 4 years after its premiere, Okinum continues to inspire. After performances in Vancouver, Portland and French Guiana, the play will be presented on March 23 and 24 at Le Diamant theater in Quebec City. Built like a prophecy, Okinum is an intimate reflection

— February 2-5, 2023 in Vancouver BC — — February 9-11, 2023 in Portland, OR — The English version of Okinum, unveiled at Montreal’s Centaur Theater in September 2021, will be presented at the PuSH festival in Vancouver before its U.S. premiere at Boom Arts in Portland. Combining performance art, live sound and visual storytelling,