Geneviève Cholette, Alex Côté, Marie-Hélène Fontaine,
Djennie Laguerre, René Lemieux, Nathalie Nadon
Mélanie Paiement, Karine Ricard in Ici, Les arbres s'enracinent dans l'eau

Activities

Book club

In partnership

Explore classics and contemporary plays with Georges Som

Toronto Public Library (TPL) in partnership with Théâtre français de Toronto present a theatre-centric book club. This series of in-person meetings will be an opportunity to discuss specific scenes from plays associated with our artistic season. Georges Som, TfT’s Cultural Outreach Officer, will delve into the texts in order to shine a light on their themes and meaning while exchanging opinions with the participants about the works and authors. Everyone is welcome to join the club, whether they are new to the art world or an experienced theatre enthusiast. The only prerequisites are curiosity, the desire to engage in discussions about theatre and a conversational level of French (given that discussions will be conducted in French only).

Free Registration. Texts will be provided. No need to purchase the books. Meetings are held at the Reference Library (789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8) from 6:30PM to 7:30PM.

Thursday 10 September 2026

Trois versions de la vie

Yasmina Reza

Life x 3 presents three successive variations on the same situation: a couple arrives at another couple's home unexpectedly. Improvisation sets the tone for the evening, orchestrated by the two men, both astrophysicists. Jostled and roughed up, the masks begin to crack: navigating the dark matter of galaxies doesn't necessarily make one skilled at navigating everyday life...

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Thursday 22 October 2026

Rhinocéros

Eugène Ionesco

The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are transformed into rhinoceroses the trampling becomes overwhelming and more and more citizens become rhinoceroses. One sane man Berenger remains unable to change his form and identity.

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Thursday 12 November 2026

Papa doit manger

Marie Ndiyae

Dad has been gone for so long that no one expects him to return anymore. But now Dad is coming back, now Dad is demanding to return, certain of his rightful place, to the life he fled ten years earlier. Who still loves Dad? Who can claim to need him? He has the appearance of wealth and an improbable youthfulness. He shines with a brilliance uncommon in Courbevoie. Above all, he knows what is owed to him, even if it isn't justified, and that he is still loved, that he will always be loved.

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Thursday 17 December 2026

En attendant Godot

Samuel Beckett

Two vagabonds, Vladimir and Estragon, find themselves on a country road, near a tree, at nightfall. Is this really the day and time to wait for Godot? Along come Pozzo, an authoritarian man, the owner of the land, with Lucky, a subhuman figure kept on a leash.

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