soul mates
Poetical performance without words
soul mates is a poetic ode to the joy of the Wild Child that every one of us has somewhere inside.
A cross between visual art and performance art, soul mates is an ode to the coming together of the human soul and its wild sisters, whose multiple forms are embodied in nature. It is also an ode to childhood, where living in the present moment, in one’s body and in one’s senses comes naturally.
In these times of great inner emptiness and information overload, soul mates dares to offer a moment of silence, beauty, and wonder, and invites audiences of all ages to experience a timeless experience.
Masks and puppets
Immersive sound environment
TRANSLATION: Denise Babin @ denisebabin.com
Video editing : Olivier Bochenek with the participation of Karine, Myriame, Magali // video filming : Studio rouge 01-24 Luc Tremblay / Théâtre de la Petite Marée 07-24 Mathieu Boudreau
Photographs : Cynthia Dupuis
Running time: 45 minutes
Adults and children 5 years +
School groups: grades 1, 2, 3 and 4
TOURING TEAM
PERFORMANCE AND CULTURAL MEDIATION Magali Chouinard
MANIPULATION AND OTHER SUBTERFUGES/TRICKERY Frédéric Jeanrie
TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND STAGE MANAGEMENT Mélissa Campeau
STAGE DIRECTION, TECHNICAL ASS. & CULTURAL MEDIATION Karine St-Arnaud
BOOKING
Flore Bailly, Agence Roger Roger
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CREATION TEAM
CREATION, SCENOGRAPHY Magali Chouinard
STAGE DIRECTION COLLECTIVE Myriame Larose, Karine St-Arnaud, Magali Chouinard
SOUNDSCAPE Julien-Robert Legault-Salvail
SOUND SPATIALIZATION Varnen Pareanan
SCENOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS Marie Muyard, Les ateliers Sylvain Racine
The Wild Child costume was first designed in 2016 during the creation of the show Nomad soul,
in collaboration with Claude Rodrigue and Carole Myles
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HELPING HANDSVéronique Poirier, Mylène Guay, Élizabeth Bosquet, Angel Manov, Cynthia Sigouin
GRAPHIC DESIGN PROMOTIONAL MATERIALCamille Chouinard-Boucher,Stéphane Heine
COPRODUCER
The soul mates trilogy is coproduced in collaboration with the National Arts Centre French Theatre. Essential recognition to move forward withe the trilogy project.
The soul mates trilogy is coproduced in collaboration with the National Arts Centre French Theatre. Essential recognition to move forward withe the trilogy project.
FINANCIAL PARTNER
We would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for supporting the creative research stages of the trilogy.
We would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for supporting the creative research stages of the trilogy.
CREATIVE AND PRESENTATION PARTNERS
Many thanks for the creative work residencies made possible by Casteliers, the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM), the Festival 1001 Patentes qui bougent, the Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillée, and the Théâtre de la Petite Marée. Their encouragement made all the difference throughout the many creative stages.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
To Karine St-Arnaud and Myriame Larose, my treasured stage direction partners.
Thanks to their sensitivity and unwavering faith in creation, soul mates has taken flight!
THE CREATIVE JOURNEY
Of course, there were the poetic images that had been part of my creative vocabulary since 2021, as well as the resulting production process. There was a powerful urge to return to the character of the Child I had discovered in my previous work, as well as a strong desire to create the show, soul mates (the first instalment of the trilogy)—An ode to the joy of being in nature, of being in touch with one’s senses and imagination. . .
But words alone cannot adequately describe the magnitude of this adventure and the enormous challenge of bringing such a visual world to life. It was an adventure that took three years of intense research and creation, working alongside my wonderful directorial associates Karine St-Arnaud and Myriame Larose. Setting things in motion with such finesse and sensitivity contributes to the sense of beauty that audiences experience and acknowledge when they come up to us after the show to thank us, to tell us how they were swept away, moved, touched by the beauty of the imaginary world, and drawn in by the grace of this Child.
All this is happening and will continue to happen as the work continues its journey. And every time, it will be thanks to the deeply meaningful connection the three of us have developed. Heartfelt thanks to Karine and Myriame for joining me in this extraordinary project of weaving a poetic thread together, each of us spurred on by our unwavering faith in the beauty and power of the work’s poetic world and its protagonist. Long live the show soul mates!
Magali
October 20, 2025
Thank you, so very much, for your generous help, your sound advice, your hospitality and your encouragement ! In other words, for all the things that are so important during the creative process to keep us on course all the way to the finish line :
Denise Babin, Sacha Gadhiri, Louise Lapointe, Pavla Mano, le Théâtre Motus, Isabelle Payant, Stéphanie Roy, Gaétan Plouffe, Georges Krump, Jean-François Allard, Patrice Allard, Isabelle Laurent, Marthe Adam, Julie Laviolette, Marie Muyard, Maude Chouinard-Boucher, Luc Tremblay, Gilles Strasbourg, Fanny Chouinard, Camille Chouinard-Boucher, Fanny Tousignant, Mylène Guay, Suzanne Pasquin, Alexandre Chouinard, Catherine Trempe, Flavie Chouinard, Julie Boisvert, Sylvie Baillargeon, Sylvain Bazinet, Claudine Rivest, Murielle de Zangroniz, Dominique Marier.
And thanks to Anna Marcoux and her parents, Sophie Castonguay and Mathieu Marcoux, for their generous contribution to the making of La chanson d’Anna.
CREATIVE AND PRESENTATION PARTNERS
Many thanks for the creative work residencies made possible by Casteliers, the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM), the Festival 1001 Patentes qui bougent, the Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillée, and the Théâtre de la Petite Marée. Their encouragement made all the difference throughout the many creative stages.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
To Karine St-Arnaud and Myriame Larose, my treasured stage direction partners.
Thanks to their sensitivity and unwavering faith in creation, soul mates has taken flight!
THE CREATIVE JOURNEY
Of course, there were the poetic images that had been part of my creative vocabulary since 2021, as well as the resulting production process. There was a powerful urge to return to the character of the Child I had discovered in my previous work, as well as a strong desire to create the show, soul mates (the first instalment of the trilogy)—An ode to the joy of being in nature, of being in touch with one’s senses and imagination. . .
But words alone cannot adequately describe the magnitude of this adventure and the enormous challenge of bringing such a visual world to life. It was an adventure that took three years of intense research and creation, working alongside my wonderful directorial associates Karine St-Arnaud and Myriame Larose. Setting things in motion with such finesse and sensitivity contributes to the sense of beauty that audiences experience and acknowledge when they come up to us after the show to thank us, to tell us how they were swept away, moved, touched by the beauty of the imaginary world, and drawn in by the grace of this Child.
All this is happening and will continue to happen as the work continues its journey. And every time, it will be thanks to the deeply meaningful connection the three of us have developed. Heartfelt thanks to Karine and Myriame for joining me in this extraordinary project of weaving a poetic thread together, each of us spurred on by our unwavering faith in the beauty and power of the work’s poetic world and its protagonist. Long live the show soul mates!
Magali
October 20, 2025
Thank you, so very much, for your generous help, your sound advice, your hospitality and your encouragement ! In other words, for all the things that are so important during the creative process to keep us on course all the way to the finish line :
Denise Babin, Sacha Gadhiri, Louise Lapointe, Pavla Mano, le Théâtre Motus, Isabelle Payant, Stéphanie Roy, Gaétan Plouffe, Georges Krump, Jean-François Allard, Patrice Allard, Isabelle Laurent, Marthe Adam, Julie Laviolette, Marie Muyard, Maude Chouinard-Boucher, Luc Tremblay, Gilles Strasbourg, Fanny Chouinard, Camille Chouinard-Boucher, Fanny Tousignant, Mylène Guay, Suzanne Pasquin, Alexandre Chouinard, Catherine Trempe, Flavie Chouinard, Julie Boisvert, Sylvie Baillargeon, Sylvain Bazinet, Claudine Rivest, Murielle de Zangroniz, Dominique Marier.
And thanks to Anna Marcoux and her parents, Sophie Castonguay and Mathieu Marcoux, for their generous contribution to the making of La chanson d’Anna.