Anne Lalancette

Description

Anne Lalancette has been a puppeteer for 20 years. For the theatre, she manipulates puppets and participates to the creation of The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop), Corbeau (Théâtre de l’Oeil), Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Stage Play (RustWerk ReFinery) and the musicals The Season by the artist Socalled and The Storyville Mosquito by Kid Koala. She also manipulates in other productions such as The Umbrella (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop), Le porteur (Théâtre de l’oeil), Le sentier des rêves (Théâtre Motus) and Animalarium (Luna Morena). Meanwhile, Anne also creates Le grand cirque minuscule in collaboration with Anne Brulotte-Légaré and Le déchiqueteur in collaboration with Carl Veilleux, and directs Beaver Dreams / La Fièvre du Castor (Lost & Found Puppet Co) and Chaos Coco (Théâtre Ondulé). For the film industry, she manipulates the monsters in Chronicles of Riddick, the fantastic characters of From Naughty to Nice (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop & National Film Board of Canada) and the animatronic puppets in Sale Gueule (Dock Films). For the television industry, she manipulates puppets on Radio-Canada’s Prière de ne envoyer pas de fleurs, TFO’s children’s program Les Hipaloulas, Robax advertising campaign and the new generation of the cult series Passe-Partout on Télé-Québec, for which she also do the voice of the character Kiwi.

In 2015, Anne founded the collective La ruée vers l’or with the multi-instrumentalist Alexandre Harvey. Together, they draw inspiration from the worlds of graphic novels and genre cinema, creating shows for adults and teenagers, filled with humor and humanity and mixing tabletop puppetry, live music and sound effects. Their first production Pommes de route toured 14 venues in Quebec, Alberta, Nunavut, France and Mexico. Their second production Racontars arctiques, coproduced by Théâtre de la Pire Espèce, received a nomination in the design category at the Prix de la critique québécoise 2021. Since its creation, the show has toured extensively in Quebec, Ontario, Nunavut, Mexico and France, and has been enthusiastically received by the audience. Anne Lalancette has adapted and directed the show, and she is also a member of the cast.