NEW CREATION:
aSH, a piece by Aurélien Bory for Shantala Shivalingappa
PRODUCTIONS
ONISHKA
"Relearning Anishnabemowin becomes a way for me to regain a power, to nurture my connection to my family and my culture. It awakens something important deep inside of me. Like the feeling of activating a memory. Or rekindling a fire. It's an act of love and resistance at the same time." - Emilie Monnet
© Christian Blais
At the intersection of theater, performance and media arts, the practice of Émilie Monnet is most often presented in the form of interdisciplinary theater or performative installations. Her artistic approach favors collaborative and multilingual creative processes, and explores themes of memory, history and transmission.
As a committed author, actress and director, she founded Onishka Productions in 2011 in order to forge ties between artists from different Indigenous peoples, regardless of their disciplines. A graduate of the indigenous artist residency at the National Theater School of Canada, she has also been the resident artist at Espace GO for three years. Of Anishinaabe and French descent, Émilie resides between the Outaouais and Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyaang / Montreal.
Photographer : Pascal Gely
Photographer : Pascal Gely
Photographer : Pascal Gely
Photographer : Pascal Gely
MARGUERITE - 2022
INTERDISCIPLINARY THEATER
PERFORMERS Anna Beaupré Moulounda, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Émilie Monnet, Tatiana Zinga Botao
TEXT Émilie Monnet
DRAMATURGY Marilou Craft
STAGE DIRECTION Émilie Monnet, Angélique Willkie
STAGING COLLABORATION Mélanie Demers
MUSIC Laura Ortman, Frédéric Auger
SET DESIGN Max-Otto Fauteux
LIGHTING Julie Basse
VIDEO Caroline Monnet
SOUND Frédéric Auger
PRODUCTION Productions Onishka
COPRODUCTION Espace Go
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CREATION Madeleine Sarr, Aïcha Bastien N’diaye, Letícia Tórgo, Soleil Launière
MARGUERITE TRAILER - FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON
2024-2025 TOURING DATES
June 12-13, 2025 , Marguerite : le feu, National Arts Center, Ottawa ON
Photographer : Helena Valles
Photographer : Helena Valles
CO-AUTHOR, CO-DIRECTOR, PERFORMER Émilie Monnet
CO-AUTHOR, CO-DIRECTOR, PERFORMER Waira Nina
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Sarah Williams
VIDEO ARTIST Mélanie O’bomsawin
SOUND DESIGNER Leonel Vasquez
MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGNER Frannie Holder
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND STAGE MANAGER Wanderson Santos
SET DESIGN ASSISTANT Fernando Maya Meneses
DRAMATURGE Yohayna Hernández
SOUND ENGINEER Frédéric Auger
NIGAMON/TUNAI - 2024
INTERDISCIPLINARY THEATER
TRAILER
2024-2025 TOURING DATES
August 15 - 18, 2024 , Nigamon / Tunai , Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland
PRODUCTIONS ONISHKA'S SHOWS ARE NOW REPRESENTED BY:
Geoffroy Faribault (Canada and international) carcajou.international@gmail.com