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Fire... Stones...and Stories

By Théâtre des Petites Âmes
Thank you for joing us! We had a great time!

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"Fire. Stones. Stories. 

 

Three things I love very much. 

 

Sitting around the fire, we are together. Here and now.

 

There is nature. There are people.

And stories. Always stories.

 

Around the fire, you will be sitting comfortably in complete safety and you will help us. With the stones you choose, we will discover images, objects, characters… and then…
Once upon a time…

 

Every gathering will be unique… each story will only exist with you, the teller… and the fire.

 

There will be laughter, songs and love

Join us… Fire… stones and stories,"

                                                       Isabelle Payant.

 

For families with kids ages 3 - 8


This lovely company hosted the "Garden for Little Ones", an interactive puppet structures play area, at our last 2 PuppetWorks! summer mini-fests and they brought to life PEKKA, their wonderful piece that follows the adventures of a brave, little turtle (Stratford City Hall).
We look forward to Isabelle's latest creation.

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MORE information follows
about Isabelle
and Théâtre des Petites Âmes

Monday, July 5

3pm 4pm 5pm​

Tuesday, July 6

3pm 4pm 5pm
6:30pm 7:30pm
(Come in your PJs if you like!)
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Friday, July 9

1:30pm 2:30pm 3:30pm

Saturday, July 10

3pm 4pm 5pm
6:30pm 7:30pm
(Come in your PJs if you like!)

Sunday, July 11

9:30am 10:30am 11:30am

Sold Out

Inclement Weather
Shows WILL proceed

We will provide individual Tent Top coverage
(no sides, 10 by 10) placed separately for each pod

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Pay What You Choose - $20, $50, $75 or $100

tax receipts are available for the portion contributed above $25 

 

One fee per POD (household, bubble, family)
1 pod is up to 5 people

 

due to COVID protocols, under current regulations

we will allow a maximum 15 people at these performances

 

People will be seated generally in 3 household pods 

all pods are safely spaced, each pod a minimum of 2 meters from the others

 

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Théâtre des Petites Âmes 

 

Created in 2007, Le Théâtre des Petites Âmes (Small Souls) was born from a desire to offer small scale puppet, object and mask theatre productions. Stories and dreams come to life in a small scale theatre format where reality and imagination coalesce. Micro-universes are created before small audiences to provide an intimate contact with the spectator. Our productions are available in English, French and Spanish. Our first mandate is to offer theatre for small children. This no worry formula is tailored to young children between the ages of two and five. The Théâtre des Petites Âmes will also offer productions for adult audiences to cater to the child within.

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Isabelle Payant

Artistic and General Director
 

Since 1998, Isabelle Payant has been working as an actress. Following her training at the Collège Lionel-Groulx she stumbled upon the world of puppetry and its infinite possibilities. Over the course of six years she worked with Le Théâtre de L’Oeil on La Félicité/Dear Fizzy, Un secret de Polichinelle and Le Jardin de Babel, touring across Canada and the USA. She was recently seen performing in Woânda from the Théâtre à l’Envers.

As an actress, she has travelled around Quebec with the Théâtre Parminou. In 2000, her work was recognized in L’honnête Fille at the Théâtre Denise-Pelletier in Montreal. Her voice work can be heard on the radio and on screen as a female voice in several movies and shows including translations of Once upon a time in Mexico, The Descent and After the Sunset.

Wishing to pursue projects of her own, she created in 2007 Le Théâtre des Petites Âmes which she directs with Stéphane Guy.

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Stéphane Guy
Administrative Director
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Stephane Guy has been an active member of the theater scene since 1998 as an administrator and consultant, working primarily with Les Sages Fous and Les éternels Pigistes. From 2002 to 2009, his main occupation has been coordinator of the AQM, Quebec’s puppeteers organisation, UNIMA-Canada Center (Quebec division). He has been with Le Théâtre Des Petites Âmes since its inception

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 Registered Charity   #80376 7656 RR0001

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is the registered charitable arts organization that supports SpringWorks and our arts presentation and educational programming

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217  Wellington St, Stratford, ON
Canada, N5A 2L7

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"We wish to honour the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Wendat, and the Neutral Nation who are the traditional custodians of the land upon which we stand and the waters that flow through it. It is our privilege to share this land, which has been the site of imagination since the beginning of human experience.  

 

Hermione Presents ~ SpringWorks is located on land governed by both the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant of 1701 and the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827. We are mindful of broken covenants and the need for us to respectfully listen, to learn from our mutual history and to strive continuously for reconciliation at all levels. 

 

The responsibility to nurture this land and protect the future falls to us all and in so doing, we actively honour the wisdom of those who came before us."

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