With Mythology, the first of the two series from 2026-2027, Espace Libre begins the final season imagined by Félix-Antoine Boutin as artistic director and co-general director.
Composed of three deeply poetic shows, Mythology revisits the founding stories to explore the issues and questions of our time. Between a plant fable anchored in the Centre-Sud district, a gesture of youthful revolt and contemporary opera, the works brought together outline a space where the living, anger and the sacred intertwine.
With Mythology, Espace Libre continues its commitment to singular writing, sensitive creations and daring forms. Three distinct propositions, united by the same impulse: to bring to light stories capable of transforming us.
JARDINFrom September 8 to 26, 2026 (15 performances)Espace Libre begins its journey with Jardin, a modern fable of tender and insolent humor orchestrated by Evelyne de la Chenelière and Daniel Brière. In the Gravel-Ronfard room, a real garden of native plants takes shape and invites the public to take a stroll. Into this profusion of plants emerge Adam and Eve, who move into an apartment in the Centre-Sud district, from where they observe their neighbor, a taciturn gardener. Little by little, their daily lives are cracked under the effect of a plant force as mysterious as it is insistent. Carried by the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental, the show offers a sensory and ambulatory experience where perfumes, textures and living presences redefine the relationship between stage and audience. Text: Evelyne de la Chenelière Directed by: Daniel Brière Interpretation: Christine Beaulieu, Lyndz Dentiste and Peter Trosztmer A production by the Nouveau Théâtre Experimental
AND I WILL BECOME A MAN OF MY TIME From October 20 to 31, 2026 (10 performances) Inspired by the novel Pierre by Marie-Claire Blais, Mathieu Renaud continues the mythological quest of the series by exploring the revolt of youth in the face of a devastated world. And I will become a man of my time hears the words of Pierre, 16 years old, who rejects a society that she perceives as fixed and normalizing. Seeking a way out of her anger, the heroine turns to a biker gang led by a charismatic leader named Jean Tête-d’Ange. The show plunges the audience into a radical universe which reveals a world in crisis. Text and direction: Mathieu RenaudDramaturgy: Josianne Dulong SavignacInterpretation: Charlie Monty, Gaétan Nadeau and Gabriel-Antoine Roy
THE DEVOTS From November 28 to December 19, 2026 (10 performances) The series concludes with the first operatic creation by Félix-Antoine Boutin and composer Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux entitled Les Dévots. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus, the work follows three characters who put their devotion at the heart of their destiny. In a universe populated by marine animals and crying stones, the show questions the mysterious parts of human existence. Libretto and direction: Félix-Antoine Boutin Composition: Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux Interpretation: Chantal Lambert, Chantal Dionne, Vanessa Croome, Mishael Eusebio, Julien Girard and two other performers. A production by Création Dans la Chambre
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Espace Libre is pleased to welcome Nicolas Dupuis in residence so that he can develop his project The King of the Gulls.
MISSION OF SPACE LIBREEspace Libre is a theater that supports artists from all backgrounds in the dissemination of surprising and risky experimental works. We set up inventive contexts so that artisans, neighborhood communities and curious spectators share knowledge and sensitivities in a welcoming and uninhibited environment.