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The French-speaking and Francophile community will be enriched by the theatre production centre the troupe hopes to build. Furthermore, it will contribute to Saskatoon and the province's cultural diversity. Since its beginnings in , La Troupe has presented more than 80 theatrical productions to the public, of which around forty are original works, totalling more than showings. The group needed to ensure that it could offer a varied program, while keeping in mind the various levels of mastery of its public had of the French language, as well as the diversity of their cultural backgrounds.
The public audiences include Saskatchewan-born French-speakers, as well as individuals coming from Acadia, Quebec and from other Canadian provinces. Some even come from other French-speaking countries.
This diversity is also found among the creators. Saskatchewan-born Laurier Gareau is a talented playwright, journalist, stage director and historian by profession. On a regular basis, he has also been actively involved in the troupe's various projects from the very earliest years.
Gareau, like his sister Adrienne Sawchuk and playwright Madeleine Blais-Dahlem, owes his initial training and schooling to Saskatchewan's religious communities. New French works being in frequent and often almost entirely unavailable in a milieu largely dominated by English-speakers, these productions help to promote French-language culture.
It allows young people and adults alike to maintain a vibrant relation with their culture and their language. The production of the final version of Laurier Gareau's La Trahison [The Betrayal] was a turning point in La Troupe du Jour 's history because it helped nourish and encourage reflection on the relations between the community and the Catholic Church. It is an original work that reflects the great diversity of French-speaking authors in Saskatchewan. La troupe du Jour draws a remarkably diverse public.
Among them are numerous French-speakers as well as Francophiles, whose comprehension of the language varies from person to person. It is therefore understandable that note very spectator will deeply appreciate the various stories and stage techniques or respond to the diverse themes and levels of language in the same way. Each year, in order to face that challenge, the troupe needs to offer a program that will please a mixed audience, by making good use of the stage and the sets at its disposal - in addition to finding the necessary resources to meet with this challenge.
Year after year this remarkable team rises to the challenge and, as a consequence, their shows almost always sold out. It is his work that has enabled this extraordinary company to develop and continue to maintain its high artistic standards and infectious creative energy today. Rouleau himself has also been able to profit from the unique challenges faced by a French language based theatre based in Saskatchewan. Under his direction a dynamic, almost visionary, company has emerged. With the years, the company has created a vast range of new stage techniques, playing on bilingualism without making any artistic compromises.
Methods used by Rouleau and his colleagues intended to deal with the considerable challenges they face are simple and efficient. These methods are appreciated by the public and ensure effective communication. These modest methods create unexpected results.
Rouleau always avoided taking the easy way, while favouring stage efficiency. In , in order to broaden the scope of the audience, La Troupe du Jour introduced a system of subtitles, which enables English-speaking husbands, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends to attend the plays without losing too much of the play's content. La Troupe du Jour 's ups and downs were became fresh occasions for introspection on what is truly essential vs.
The harsh working conditions the troupe had to face have transformed the company into a sort of laboratory in the fields of drama, acting, set design and language. It is important to point out that La Troupe du Jour would never have been able to achieve all it did to promote theatrical creativity, had it not had the help of Fransaskois creators and playwrights such as Laurier Gareau, Raoul Granger, Ian Nelson, Adrienne Sawchuk, etc. One must also not forget the company's capacity to collaborate with other theatre companies from the West, whether from the English or French communities.
The group has been in close collaboration with French-language companies such as: In Saskatoon, whenever it was possible, the troupe also shared the stage, equipment and costumes with English-speaking companies: Furthermore, playwrights associated with La Troupe du Jour have greatly benefited from contacts and connections established with the Centre des Auteurs Dramatiques of Montreal.
La Troupe du Jour has adopted the collaborative model established by the Centre des Auteurs Dramatiques , which brings playwrights and other people interested by writing plays together. This collaborative modal involves having a text read out loud often by professional actors at every step of the writing process, staging public readings; encouraging exchanges and translations; and preserving manuscripts and documents associated with these creative works.
This resulted in the creation of a community of artists that otherwise would have never existed. Saskatchewan's citizens are people who love living, laughing and crying, working on artistic projects, reflecting on what goes on around them, exploring universal questions, expressing their essential freedoms and liberties, as well as safeguarding their shared memories - without being slaves to it.
These are people for whom horizons are broad and it is this outlook on life that is reflected in La Troupe du Jour 's shows. What is encouraging is that there is a new generation of actors, stage directors, musicians, set designers and playwrights emerging, who are always ready to take part in ongoing projects. La Troupe du Jour offers an excellent basic training to those who wish to pursue a career in theatre.
Not only did La Troupe du Jour create a large Fransaskois theatrical repertoire, it was also able to establish close relations with artists of the Fransaskois community. As a result of its collaboration with other English-speaking companies, La Troupe du Jour has also come to play an important role in keeping Saskatchewan's theatre alive and well.
All these activities work to ensure that French-language will not be marginalised, but rather it will remain fully integrated into the province's artistic network and continue to develop a variety of bilingual theatrical initiatives. The troupe has also put together an impressive quantity of theatre archives NOTE 4 detailing its history, thereby helping to preserve Fransaskois cultural heritage and keep the community's shared memories very much alive. Write a customer review. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.
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