The Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui is a

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

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Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

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. It is located at 3900

Saint Denis Street Saint Denis Street (officially in french: Rue Saint-Denis) is a major north–south thoroughfare in Montreal, Quebec. It extends from the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel on Rue Saint-Paul (Montreal), Saint Paul Street in Old Montreal to the ba ...

in the borough of

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Le Plateau-Mont-Royal () is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Plateau-Mont-Royal takes its name from its location on a plateau, on the eastern side of Mont-Royal and overlooking downtown Montreal, across ...

. It was founded in 1968, regrouping the product of three semi-professional theater companies: ''Le Mouvement contemporain'' (directed by

André Brassard André Brassard (28 August 1946 – 11 October 2022) was a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of Michel Tremblay's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center ...

), ''The Tumblers'' (directed by Rodrig Mathieu) and ''Les Apprentis-Sorciers'' (directed by Jean-Pierre Saulnier and

Pierre Collin Pierre Collin (July 18, 1938 – July 27, 2023) was a Canadian actor and stage director."Pierre C ...

). The ''Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui'' is devoted exclusively to the creation, production and dissemination of

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

Quebec and Canadian drama. In 1991 the theater moved to the current location. It has two rooms: the main hall and the smaller Jean-Claude Germain hall upstairs.

External links

Official website
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