Olivier Choinière (born July 10, 1973) is a Canadian playwright from Granby, Quebec. [1] He is most noted as a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, receiving nominations at the 1998 Governor General's Awards for Le Bain des raines, [2] at the 2006 Governor General's Awards for Venise-en-Québec, [3] and at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Nom de domaine. [4]
A 1996 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, he wrote and staged his first theatrical play, Autodafé, in 1997. [1] His subsequent plays have included La légende du Manuel Sacré (1998), Les trains (1999), Soldats de bois (1999), Tsé-Tsé (2000), Agromorphobia (2001), Jocelyne est en dépression (2002), Beauté intérieure (2003), Félicité (2004), Chante avec moi (2010), Ennemi public (2015) and Zoé (2020). [1]
Félicité has been translated into English by Caryl Churchill as Bliss, [5] and Jocelyne est en dépression has been translated by Paula Wing as Jocelyne Is Under a Cloud Today. [6] Choinière has also translated a number of English language plays into French, including Darrell Dennis's Tales of an Urban Indian, [7] Joan MacLeod's The Shape of a Girl, [8] and Mark O'Rowe's Howie the Rookie. [9]
Sometimes described as a "theatre hacker", [10] his conventional plays have been interspersed with experiments in "gonzo theatre", [11] theatrical flash mobs, and podcasted "déambulatoire" plays. [10]
In 2014, he was awarded both the Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award [12] and the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. [10]
Olivier Choinière (born July 10, 1973) is a Canadian playwright from Granby, Quebec. [1] He is most noted as a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, receiving nominations at the 1998 Governor General's Awards for Le Bain des raines, [2] at the 2006 Governor General's Awards for Venise-en-Québec, [3] and at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Nom de domaine. [4]
A 1996 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, he wrote and staged his first theatrical play, Autodafé, in 1997. [1] His subsequent plays have included La légende du Manuel Sacré (1998), Les trains (1999), Soldats de bois (1999), Tsé-Tsé (2000), Agromorphobia (2001), Jocelyne est en dépression (2002), Beauté intérieure (2003), Félicité (2004), Chante avec moi (2010), Ennemi public (2015) and Zoé (2020). [1]
Félicité has been translated into English by Caryl Churchill as Bliss, [5] and Jocelyne est en dépression has been translated by Paula Wing as Jocelyne Is Under a Cloud Today. [6] Choinière has also translated a number of English language plays into French, including Darrell Dennis's Tales of an Urban Indian, [7] Joan MacLeod's The Shape of a Girl, [8] and Mark O'Rowe's Howie the Rookie. [9]
Sometimes described as a "theatre hacker", [10] his conventional plays have been interspersed with experiments in "gonzo theatre", [11] theatrical flash mobs, and podcasted "déambulatoire" plays. [10]
In 2014, he was awarded both the Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award [12] and the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. [10]