Bon voyage !is a creation for young audiences with the central theme of grief. The narrative framework of thispuppet show ismainlycomposedfromintimatecitizentestimonies. In May 2022, the Bon Voyage ! team willtravel to Moncton, New Brunswick to meetwithteenage groups. Through discussions about grief and shadowtheaterexercises, the Bon Voyage ! team will use the teenagers’ vision of the characters in the show as the visual signature of the puppetsunder construction.
Isabelle Bartkowiak (Québec) biography
Student in the directing program at the National TheatreSchool of Canada, Isabelle Bartkowiakis a graduate of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the Université de Moncton (2009-2013) and of the DESS in ContemporaryPuppetTheatre at UQAM (2017-2019). Isabelle is one of the founders of Théâtre la Cigogne (Moncton). She has worked on each of the company’s collective creations, including : Paul et la mer (2013), Le Loup; l’histoire d’un incompris (2015), Le froid est un détail de l’hiver (2016). Sheisalso a member of the collective Les Blettes, whichisdedicated to the creation of short playfulpuppetforms (Le grand déménagement (2018), Les fables de la buvette (2019). More recently, we have seenher in Pays de la Sagouine wheresheplays the role of Marie Dupont, as well as in the young public puppetplay RADI produced by the company CAMPE (QC).
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