ABSTRACT
Quebec theatre continues to offer a varied, creative and dynamic program. It plays forge bonds between the two linguistic separatisms, and also build bridges with the new multicultural communities. Quebec theatre is occasionally controversial, yet always draws large crowds and much media attention across the province. Claude Poissant had his work cut out for him when he staged Victor Hugo's Lucrece Borgia for student audiences at Theatre Denise-Pelletier. Some of these authors also write for youth theatre, an important component of Quebec theatre. Actor Raymond Cloutier set the theatre world on its ear with a statement that the major companies were churning out too many shows. He said they were being straitjacketed by subscription programming instead of working to increase their audiences. The Black Theatre Workshop will soon be marking thirty years of work in the Black community. Quebec's new minister of Culture and Communications, Agnes Maltais, distinguished herself as a theatre manager prior to making the transition into politics.
