Members - But who is Houppz Théâtre ?

Étienne Bayart, France

Etienne was born in the beautiful city of Strasbourg in the Alsace region. At the age of 17, he discovered improvisational theatre in the Amateur improvisation league of Strasbourg with which he performed for 5 years and participated in 2 world improvisational games. In 1995, he co-founded the company Inedit Theatre.

Over a span of 8 years, he experimented in numerous forms of improve theatre, street theatre, forum theatre and enterprise theatre. He has led workshops in improvisation for schools, organizations and cultural centres. During these years, he occupied the position of general manager of the company.

He has participated in numerous workshops (clown, commedia dell’Arte, mime, acrobatics, etc.). In 2003, he enrolled in the two year professional program at l’Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq graduating in 2005.

 

Mathieu Chouinard, Canada | top

 

Mathieu was born in Moncton (New-Brunswick, Canada). He graduated from Université de Moncton then from l’École Internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq in 2005. He co-founded Houppz! theatre (www.houppz.com), theatrical collective exploring comedy and clown. At the same time, he co-founded the international company Ahuri theatre (www.ahuritheatre.com), with whom he works both as director and actor, exploring the encounter between different cultures and theatrical forms. Mathieu as been acting and giving workshops throughout Canada, in France and in Japan since June 2005. He is also a Master ès Arts (M.A.) of l’École Supérieure de théâtre (UQAM) in Montréal.

 

Dan Watson, Canada | top

Dan Watson came out of the forests of Huntsville Ontario. He is a graduate in Theatre from Humber College and l’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He has performed with many different companies from around the world, and is a founding member of Ahuri Theatre, a company based in Tokyo with a mandate for cultural research through theatre.

He was chosen to represent Ontario in the Artist Program at the 2003 Canada Winter Games. He held the lead role in a new rock musical called That’s Life which had its world premier at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003 and most recently performed in the world premiere of The Golden Thug in Toronto.

 

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