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Meet Playwright Jean-Michel Cliche

Jean-Michel’s new play Hinter will debut as part of this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival.

New Brunswick theatre audiences know the name Jean-Michel Cliche. For the past several years, he has been an active member of the provincial theatre community acting in productions by Theatre UNB, Bard in the Barracks, Theatre Free Radical, Next Folding Theatre Company, Theatre New Brunswick and Notable Acts Theatre Company to name a few.

This season, we’re proud to include Jean-Michel’s new play, Hinter as part of our Acting Out series.

In this audio feature, we ask Jean-Michel to explain a bit about his play and how his years spent working with Fredericton playwrights Len Falkenstein and Ryan Griffith has influenced his writing.

“Now that I’m going through it again creating different drafts and thinking about, ‘why is this in here?’ and ‘why do I write like this?’, I’m realizing there is a heavy influence from Ryan Griffith and also Len Falkenstein,” he said. “They both have a view that is mundane, where the regular world all the sudden gets infiltrated by something that is supernatural.”

Click the link below to hear the interview and catch Jean-Michel’s play Hinter, as part of this year’s Acting Out: Two One Act Plays series, August 3-5 at Memorial Hall (UNB), 7:30 p.m. | $15 regular, $10 students, seniors & underwaged.

Our Complete 2017 Festival Schedule Is Now Online

After some last minute updates completed this week, we’re now happy to share with you our complete 2017 festival schedule.

Besides offering a wealth of emerging New Brunswick theatre talent for your entertainment, our 2017 festival also offers the opportunity to experience live theatre in many alternative city venues including the Piracoons Roundhouse, the Fredericton Public Library, UNB’s Memorial Hall, St. Thomas University’s Black Box Theatre and as always, there will be performances outdoors at Officer’s Square, downtown on Queen Street.

Individual series performances are listed below with links to events through Facebook. Please give us a “like” and a “share” and helps us spread the word!

Festival Kickoff! | Tuesday July 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Unplugged – A Board Game Cafe | 418 Queen Street | View Event

Mainstage | Grace Notes by Patrick Toner | July 26-29 | 7:30 p.m | Black Box Theatre | 51 Dineen Drive | View Event

Site-Specific Production | The Marcy Case by Arianna Martinez  | July 30, Aug. 2 & 5 | Fredericton Public Library | 12 Carleton Street | View Event

Taking It To The Streets | Four 10-Minute Plays | July 30 & 31 , Aug. 2 & 5 | various times and locations | View Event 

Play Out Loud: Readings of New Plays in Development | July 31 & Aug. 1 | 7:30 p.m. | Picaroons Roundhouse – 880 Union Street | View Event

Acting Out: Two One Act Plays | August 3-5 | 7:30 p.m. | Memorial Hall  – 9 Bailey Drive | View Event