{"id":4967,"date":"2026-05-04T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/?p=4967"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:42:11","slug":"time-to-look-back-on-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/time-to-look-back-on-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Look Back on 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\ud83c\udfac Watch our year-in-review video:
https:\/\/youtu.be\/MtFJxhLWCRg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc9b A huge thank you to Dany Janvier and Biobazar Films!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udf19 A Vibrant and Mysterious Place<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Fabrique de th\u00e9\u00e2tre insolite<\/strong>, the creative and presenting venue of Les Sages Fous, opened its doors to the public in spring 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This inspiring space is dedicated to the creation of new theatrical works that are unconventional, hybrid, offbeat and on the fringes, with a particular focus on puppetry and object theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0a Founded in 1999, Les Sages Fous<\/strong>, tamers of wild puppets and presenters of curiosities who have sailed the seven seas with their performances, have now parked their caravans to become rooted nomads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2728 Within the walls of this new creative haven, a place that inspires the wildest dreamers and makes the wisest tremble, magic has taken root and the most unexpected creations have come to life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfaa 2025 Programming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f 8 shows + 1 festival
\ud83d\udcc5 21 days of performances for the general public
\ud83c\udf93 20 school performances for elementary and secondary school, CEGEP and university students<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfad The Shows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tricyckle<\/strong> (Les Sages Fous, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res)
Un Oc\u00e9an d\u2019amour<\/strong> (La Salamandre, France)
Projet Beckett<\/strong> (Tenons Mortaise, Montr\u00e9al)
Jardins Int\u00e9rieurs<\/strong>, in collaboration with FestiVoix (Les Sages Fous, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res)
Le Cirque Orphelin<\/strong> (Les Sages Fous, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res)
Cabaret de l\u00e9gumes<\/strong> (T\u00eate de l\u2019Art, Qu\u00e9bec)
Funky Jazz Ensemble<\/strong> (France)
Incantations Transitoires<\/strong>, in collaboration with Mauricie Arts Vivants (C\u00e9line Chevrier, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf89 14th edition of the Micro-festival de marionnettes inachev\u00e9es<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival continues to establish itself as a must-attend event on the international puppetry and object theatre scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0d This year, artists from Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, the United States and Quebec shared extraordinary moments of connection between artists and audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfa5 https:\/\/youtu.be\/GgxAZfmiXXw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd25 A Thriving Artistic Residency Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support for creation and artistic development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two official residencies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0c A Norway\u2013Quebec exchange residency<\/strong>, with the support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec (8 weeks):
Henriette Kihle (Norway) and Mila Lane (Finland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf31 Emerging Puppetry Artist Grant Program<\/strong>, in collaboration with the CALQ and the Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des marionnettistes (AQM) (3 weeks):
Eug\u00e9nie Capel and Myl\u00e8ne Leboeuf-Gagn\u00e9 (Saguenay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfaa Residencies leading up to the Micro-festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henriette Kihle (Norway) and Mila Lane (Finland)
Laurent Stepp\u00e9 (Belgium)
Robin Puyk (Netherlands)
Caitlin Brzezi\u0144ski and Libby Schapp (USA)
\u00c9lizabeth Bosquet and Marika Karlson (Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2728 Other Residencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jean-Christophe Canivet (France)
Samantha B\u00e9rub\u00e9 (Trois-Rivi\u00e8res)
C\u00e9line Chevrier and team (Montr\u00e9al)
La Salamandre (France)
Tenons Mortaise (Montr\u00e9al)
Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des petites \u00e2mes (Montr\u00e9al)
Michelle Finston (USA)
T\u00eate de l\u2019Art (Qu\u00e9bec)
Great Small Works (USA)
Mentorship:<\/strong> Claudine Rivest (Trois-Rivi\u00e8res)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 Awards and Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gala Radisson Award \u2013 Tourism and Cultural Business of the Year
Featured on the television program Bien b\u00e2ti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd25 LES SAGES FOUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf3f Two stages in the creation of our new production, Jardins Int\u00e9rieurs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0d NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOUR OF TRICYCKLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Li\u00e8ge \u2013 Paris \u2013 Amiens \u2013 Maastricht \u2013 Nantiat \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 Mauricie Arts Vivants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0d SENEGAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A CITF project bringing together Les Sages Fous, TOF Th\u00e9\u00e2tre (Belgium) and Cie Djarama (Senegal) gave South the opportunity to create a performance in Senegal at Djarama\u2019s magnificent venue, working alongside a group of talented young performers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf93 Master Class<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 participants took over La Fabrique for the Marionnettes sauvages et indisciplin\u00e9es<\/strong> training program, presented in collaboration with the AQM and Emploi-Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\n\ud83d\udc9b A huge thank you to Dany Janvier and Biobazar Films!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4969,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4967\/revisions\/4969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sagesfous.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}