Centre culturel Frontenac — Kingston Theatre Alliance

The Caretaker walks through the empty halls of a high school, paying no mind to the 20 people following him. He occasionally pauses to drink from the fountain, or to tune his radio to the right station. All the while, myself and 19 others fan out around him, taking in the different angles of this Caretaker’s nightly routine of monotonous and essential work. Le Concierge (The Caretaker) opened on Thursday […]

To read this article in English, click here.  Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, et Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin forment l’équipe de création à l’origine de Le concierge, spectacle qui a inauguré le festival Kick & Push hier soir. Tracey Guptill, directrice artistique du Centre culturel Frontenac, s’est récemment entretenue avec eux pour discuter de théâtre immersif, de création in situ, et du pouvoir éphémère du silence. Cet entretien a été révisé pour en […]

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, and Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin are the creative team behind Le Concierge, which opened the Kick & Push Festival last night. Tracey Guptill, the Artistic Director of Centre culturel Frontenac, sat down with them recently to chat about immersive theatre, site specific work, and the ephemeral power of silence.  This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  What a […]

Veuillez noter que cet article contient des spoilers pour Le concierge. J’ai eu la chance et le bonheur de vivre l’expérience immersive qu’est la production de Le concierge à deux reprises: lors de sa création à Toronto en mars 2023, puis à Ottawa en février 2024.  Je vous partage une texte que j’avais envoyé à Vincent Leblanc-Beaudouin suite à la représentation d’Ottawa. Salut Vincent, Je serais curieux de discuter avec […]

During the lockdown, when everyone was cooped up at home and avoiding the public, the wilderness slowly began reclaiming its territory. Creator Carl Veilleux saw poetry in this gentle takeover. Abandoned roads and empty sidewalks, once busy with human commuters, became pathways for deer, bears, and other wild creatures. The sight of animals returning to their roots sparked Veilleux’s vision: to capture that sense of reclamation, magic, and poetry in […]

From singing goddesses to living sculptures, strange and striking works of art have been appearing downtown as the 2024 Kick & Push Festival rolls out its summer programming. Specializing in one-of-a-kind, immersive theatre experiences, the festival’s tenth season offers a range of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it performances from July 25 to August 18.  Corpus Dance Projects’ Divine Interventions made a brief appearance at the start of the festival, bringing celestial wonder to three […]

Feeling curious about seeing a mime roam the ins and outs of a giant translucent bubble? See La Bulle in Kingston this weekend.  La Bulle is a mime show produced by CORPUS Dance Projects and is being presented at the Kick & Push Festival by the Kingston Theatre Alliance and Le Centre Culturel Frontenac.  The show follows a lonely mime, Pierrot (David Danzon / Guy Marsan; the performer at the […]