More events to come
Tour 2023 | Upcoming performances
- mer. 27 sept.Longueuil27 sept., 19 h 30 – 22 h 30Longueuil, 150 Rue de Gentilly E, Longueuil, QC J4H 3M6, Canada
- sam. 30 sept.170 Botsford St, Moncton, NB E1C 4X4, Canada30 sept., 13 h 30 – 01 oct., 13 h 30170 Botsford St, Moncton, NB E1C 4X4, Canada
- ven. 06 oct.100 Broad Rd, Oromocto, NB E2V 4J5, Canada06 oct., 19 h 00 – 07 oct., 19 h 00100 Broad Rd, Oromocto, NB E2V 4J5, Canada

The play
On stage, five figures condense the voices of hundreds of veterans, military men and women and their loved ones: five life lines as many stories testifying to the daily life of these people, affected in different ways by operational stress injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The credits
Artistic director : Angèle Séguin
Distribution
THE CHAPLAIN | Armed Forces Chaplain and veteran Sylvain Massé
THE MILITARY WOMAN | Regular Force woman and veteran Emmanuelle Laroche
THE REGULAR FORCE MAN Sébastien Rajotte
THE RESERVER | Male Reserve Force Veteran Étienne D'Anjou
THE SPOUSE | She also speaks for her family Ann-Catherine Choquette and Catherine Hughes
Co-authors: Angèle Séguin and Amélie Bergeron
Dramaturgical advisor: Paul Lefebvre
Director: Amélie Bergeron
Assistant Director: Rose-Lilas Bastien-Turgeon
Lighting design: Andréanne Deschênes
Costume design: Sébastien Dionne
Music design: Maxime Racicot
Production Manager : Andrée-Anne Pellerin
Technical director: Patrice Daigneault
Cultural mediation and poster design: Frédérique Giguère
Development Officer: Rachel Denis-Morin
Communications Officer: Mégane Lortie
Media relations manager: Marie-Anne O'Reilly
Visual design: Strass

Writing and laboratories
Monarques Project, in summary
Production and first show (November 8)
Pan-Canadian Writing Workshop and Condensation
Preparation of the bilingual writing workshops, Networking and Creation of the Ambassador Committee
Launch of the project and creation of the
Pilot Committee
Setting up the project and partnerships
Origine
Overview of events in 2022

The people behind the project
Co-spokespersons
Former Minister Marie Malavoy, and Brigadier-General (Ret) Richard Giguère, join us as co-spokespersons for the Monarchs Project.
The notoriety that they are granted in their respective circles, in addition to the great human qualities that define them,
will certainly serve to increase awareness and understanding of the fragile and complex issue of mental health,
and the role that the arts can play in opening a dialogue between the civilian and military worlds.
Life has its share of wounds. Each of us carries our own. Sometimes the scars have faded with time. Sometimes they are still visible to the naked eye. Sometimes they still take up all the space in the way we look at ourselves. They end up blurring the view and prevent you from living. One can then remain confined in the pain. If no one around you really understands it, this confinement becomes a prison. But if we can share it with others, open a breach in this pain, then it can become the ground for a new life
Former Minister, member of the Women's Committee and Politics

"You're good at sports but your grades are not good, you lack discipline, you don't have much purpose in life, so go to the army recruiting center, they'll get you back on the right track, plus there are lots of benefits. In my youth, we sometimes heard this kind of comment...
Former General of the Canadian Armed Forces
About
Monarques is a Canada-wide, bilingual theatre project that gives a voice to veterans, military families and their loved ones. The project explores operational and post-traumatic stress injuries, marginalization and the countless impact that veterans, military families and their loved ones suffer from as well as the brunt on society itself.






Monarques is the story of those who make the difficult transition from one world to another, the story of those we live side-by-side with, yet at a distance, and the story of those who, imprisoned by mutism, seek disparate paths to seek respite and an end to the unbearable.
The
Origin

The Théâtre des Petites Lanternes (TPL) creates projects that deal with sensitive, complex and current issues that are addressed in public in order to provoke dialogue.
Initially, we received an e-mail by Gilles Viger, suggesting we explore the subject matter. Then, in a first meeting with him, Gilles Samson and Robert Groulx: where we were left floored by a series of intimate and thought-provoking comments. Our prejudices and perceptions of the military world were quickly challenged and we never imagined that we would find ourselves creating a piece of work on issues related to post-operational stress. We found ourselves confronted with a conflict of values, between the isolation and suffering of a human being and our rejection of war, and that even, of the soldier.
"If you've never worn the boots, you don’t know how it feels."

Faced with this sensitive, complex and emotional issue, what could we do, as a theatre company?
Confronted with this human drama, we realised that it was not time nor place for us to form an opinion on the relevance of war or the army. Our work was to ensure that we could help “unlock” the words of those who dare not speak. Starting from the intimate sharing of thoughts by the individual, we are creating an artistic show that explores and dwells on what unites us.
The
Methodology
To enable us to create on subjects as complex as Monarques and to fully embody our mission and values, Angèle Séguin, co-author and director of the Théâtre des Petites Lanternes, developed with the organization a singular and inclusive creative process of citizen participation: the Great Harvest of Words (GHW).
Through the GHW we have created a series of intimate and engaged theatre projects that have taken place around the world and have received a
awards and recognitions. It is this creative approach, which lends itself perfectly to the complexity of the subject, that we are using for Monarques.

Strength in Numbers
To carry out a project of such scope and sensitivity, Angèle Séguin, the TPL’s Artistic Director, has surrounded herself with experienced and well-meaning teams all taking on different roles; steering, artistic, networking and workshops, documentation, research as well as the company’s actual staff members.
