Member Directory / Individual
Antoine Laprise
Occupation:
Actor, Author, Stage director
Services Offered:
Dramaturgy, Writing, Teaching, Interprétation & manipulation, Stage direction, Production of puppet shows for adults, Production of puppet shows for young audiences
Specialty, Field of Activity:
Dramaturgy, Play and interpretation, Mouth puppet, Object theatre
Description
After graduating from the Conservatoire d’Art dramatique de Québec in acting in 1990, Antoine Laprise performed extensively in theater before participating in the Radio-Canada TV program La Course Destination Monde, then working for several years as a television director. In 1995, he and Lorraine Côté founded Sous-marin jaune, a puppet company led by the now famous Loup bleu, who is responsible for such cult shows as Candide (1995), La Bible (2000), Le Discours de la méthode (2005), Les Essais d’après Montaigne (2008), and Guerre et paix (2014). He devotes himself mainly to theater and music direction (Le Voyage d’hiver by Keith Kouna, 2014). His first solo puppet show, Otomonogatari / L’Éveil d’une oreille (2015), explored the world of Japanese experimental music. His new solo project, Absence des extraterrestres, examines the effects of far-fetched theories on childhood. He has been a professor of performance and creation at the École supérieure de théâtre de l’UQAM since 2022, where he also collaborates on the DESS in contemporary puppet theater.
Honors
1991 – Prix Nicky-Roy / Meilleure interprétation pour un artiste de la relève décerné aux Prix de la culture de la Ville de Québec / Terminus du Théâtre Niveau Parking
2001 – Masque de la meilleure production à Québec / La Bible du Théâtre du Sous-marin jaune
2015-2016 – Prix de la critique / Meilleur spectacle jeune public Montréal / Guerre et paix du Théâtre du Sous-marin jaune et du Théâtre de Quartier.
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