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PRODUCTIONS
ONISHKA

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"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

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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.

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

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2024-2025 TOURING DATES

June 12-13, 2025 , Marguerite : le feu, National Arts Center, Ottawa ON

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

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2024-2025 TOURING DATES

August 15 - 18, 2024 , Nigamon / Tunai , Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland

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PRODUCTIONS ONISHKA'S SHOWS ARE NOW REPRESENTED BY: 

Geoffroy Faribault (Canada and international) carcajou.international@gmail.com

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