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Arts Across Canada – New Translation Commission 2026
Deafy
By Chris Dodd
Translated to French by Martin Bellemare
Cross Cultural & Multilingual Creation ( 뮤지컬 <R;Link> The Musical, Korea & Canada)
Much like the characters they portrayed, the emerging artists from both countries forged deep connections bridging geographical, linguistic, and cultural divides to come together in collaborative artistic creation.
A 2025 Year in Review of Boundary-Pushing Theatre
2025 was a year of global engagement, creative boundary-pushing, and significant new work development across Canada, Asia, and Europe. I was thrilled to play a part in successfully launching vital transnational projects, facilitated new play and translation development, and fostered cross-cultural exchange.
Adaptation, Translation, Identity: Québec and Irish Theatre
Humanities Institute, University College Dublin
May 14 2024
Our Success is Measured in the Success of the Artists We Work With
LIFTING
By Nathalie Boisvert
Translated to Italian by Carolina Migli
Translated from Facelift
March 7 2024
Teatro Trieste 34 | Italy
New Translation Development (Montreal, Canada)
New Translation Canada
& Centre des auteurs dramatique
N’IMPORTE OÙ SAUF ICI
By Carmen Aguirre
Raps created
with Shad Kabango
Translated to French by Emmanuelle Jimenez
Friday Feb. 9, 2024 | CEAD
Professional Development: SLAM!, a new multi-disciplinary circus creation by Robert Lepage, Ex Machina, and FLIP Fabrique. (Quebec, CAN)
“The director’s role is to facilitate the evocations and to organize the explored material into a coherent artistic proposal.”
Oberammergau Passionsspiele: Exploring a Sacred Theatre (Part 10)
EPILOGUE
“For tradition to survive, it must stay true to its purpose but also evolve to meet the needs of the people and the time”,
Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Vancouver, CAN)
THE CREATUS PROJECT
PARTICIPATION OF ARTISTS OF ALL AGES
This infographic aims to help artists, administrators, & organisation to understand the barriers facing Senior Artists in the Performing Arts.
Oberammergau Passionsspiele: Exploring a Sacred Theatre (Part 9)
LESSONS & REFLECTIONS
Several hundred years ago, the Passionsspiele was performed by Catholic farmers isolated in the mountainside. Passion plays were the few opportunities for local people to engage with their spiritual and religious stories in their own voices, their own their own languages, and their own words, rather than the Latin of the pulpit. For those of the Christian faiths, this interaction remains true today.
Bali & Canada Cross-Cultural Exchange & Creation: Variations in Light (Indonesia)
Nowhere is it more evident that there is no “one way” but only one of many than in international practice. Considered one of the longest uninterrupted performance traditions in the world, the Balinese traditional performing arts are unique, rich, and complex.
A Glimpse into New Translation International
International New Translation Workshop:
Robert Moule by Martin Bellemare
Dec. 15, 2023
With British Equity (London, UK)
OUR SUCCESS IS MEASURED IN THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS
New Translation Development
RIVAGES
By Mishka Lavigne
Translated to French by Lisa L’Heureux
Translated from Shorelines
Produced by Theatre Action (Ottawa, CAN(
Our Success is Measured in the Success of Others
THE KISSING GAME
By Rhiannon Collett
Translated to Spanish by River Coello
Nov. 15th 2023
Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago USA)
OUR SUCCESS IS MEASURED IN THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS – FACELIFT AT TEATRO TRIESTE 34 (ITALY)
Over the last five years, Bouche Theatre Collective have worked hard to introduce new Canadian works to artists and organisations across Canada and abroad. Fecelift is the 9th new Canadian work in translation to reach the stage since reopening.
Ageing in the Performing Arts Creative Forum
Creative Forum & Test Kitchen
Monday Oct. 23, 2023 | 3 PM
PAL STUDIO THEATRE
Our Success is Measured in the Success of Others: Facelift at di Satiri Di Storie Festival (IT)
Over the last five years, [Bouche Theatre Collective](https://www.bouchewhacked.com/) and I have worked hard to introduce new Canadian works to artists and organisations across Canada and Abroad.
Our Success is Measured in the Success of Others
New Translation Development Workshop
RICKI
By Joseph Shragge
Translated by French by Etienne Lepage
Scapegoat Carnival
Montreal, Canada
The Creatus Project: Intergenerational Producing & Production Lab.
May – June, 2023
“Intergenerational connection and understanding has increased for me. I really enjoyed working with the whole group.” – Anju Singh
Active Access Design Early Research – Directors & Designers Labs.
Towards an inclusive theatre.
Working closely with stakeholders in the community, Active Access Design Labs. examine how to integrate Access tools and Cross Sensory Translation directly into the generative process of theatre weaving access into the very fabric of a work.
The Creatus Project: Intergenerational Directors & Designers Lab.
Intergenerational Directors & Designers Lab.
June 2023
“The Creatus Project has changed my life!”
– Andrea Rabinovitch, theatre & dance maker