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Nigamon/Tunai approaches its Montreal premiere, May 14-30, 2024 at Théâtre Espace GO and Festival TransAmériques + its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival, August 15-18, 2024. Marguerite: le feu continues to inspire and impact. Discover two other creative processes in their early stages, which will gain momentum over the next few years: Polyglotte (working […]

Théâtre Espace Go has recently launched its 2023-2024 season. Discover the program. The season closes with Nigamon/Tunai, by Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina, produced by ONISHKA, in coproduction with Festival TransAmériques and Espace GO : At the crossroads of friendship and resistance for the protection of water and against extractivism on their respective territories, Émilie

(photo credit: Pascal Gely / Hans Lucas)   – translated from French –   ⬥  Thanks to a choral, fiery and determined show, Émilie Monnet resurrects Marguerite Duplessis from the ashes of oblivion for a volcanic hour. Without ever succumbing to the violence of an indictment, Marguerite : le feu is a memorial steeped in humanity,

Discover below some first images of the work-in-progress of Nigamon/Tunai that was shared with the audience of Festival TransAmériques on June 3-4. A sensory immersion among Indigenous voices, experiences, cosmovisions and struggles, Nigamon/Tunai is a poetic manifesto born of the shared imagination of Waira Nina and Émilie Monnet, inspired by their bonds of friendship and

— June 3-4, 2023 at FTA, Montreal —  Productions Onishka is about to share a work-in-progress of Nigamon/Tunai as part of Festival TransAmériques’s ‘Playground events’. Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina 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

— 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