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Originally from the Saguenay, Anne-Marie Ouellet is the co-founder of the company L’eau du bain and a theatre professor in Ottawa. She tells us about the fascinating work of creating a diptych, White Out and La chambre des enfants. These two landscape plays, intended for two different audiences (adults and children, respectively), are presented on the same set and navigate the thin line between dream and reality.
“The sound and lighting are really immersive. So the spectator is at the centre. It’s a way of connecting with them ... The sound reaches out to touch the body.”
—Anne-Marie Ouellet
This interview adheres to the health and safety guidelines of the region in which it was recorded.
Playwright and director Anne‑Marie Ouellet is the indefatigable head prospector of L’eau du bain (Nous voilà rendus, Le son de l’ère est froid, Impatience). With her faithful sidekick Thomas Sinou, she mines reality to unearth nuggets of gold/art to put onstage, setting up a mischievous, occasionally puzzling exchange between audience and actors, reality and imagination. A native of Alma, in Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region, Anne‑Marie ranged widely during her professional training, from Chicoutimi to Paris (Conservatoire) by way of Montreal (UQAM). She currently teaches theatre at the University of Ottawa.
Anne-Marie Ouellet, auteure et metteure en scène, c’est l’infatigable prospectrice de la compagnie L’eau du bain (Nous voilà rendus, Le son de l’ère est froid, Impatience). Aidée de son allié Thomas Sinou, elle fouille le réel pour y trouver la pépite d’or/d’art à mettre sur scène, et c’est toujours un jeu espiègle, parfois déroutant, entre le public et les acteurs, entre ce qui est vrai et ce qui ne l’est pas. Originaire d’Alma, au Lac-Saint-Jean, Anne-Marie a beaucoup voyagé pour parfaire sa formation, de Chicoutimi à Paris (Conservatoire), en passant par Montréal (UQAM). Elle enseigne aujourd’hui à l’Université d’Ottawa.
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