Olivier Choinière (born July 10, 1973) is aCanadian playwright fromGranby,Quebec.[1] He is most noted as a three-time nominee for theGovernor General's Award for French-language drama, receiving nominations at the1998 Governor General's Awards forLe Bain des raines,[2] at the2006 Governor General's Awards forVenise-en-Québec,[3] and at the2013 Governor General's Awards forNom de domaine.[4]
A 1996 graduate of theNational Theatre School of Canada, he wrote and staged his first theatrical play,Autodafé, in 1997.[1] His subsequent plays have includedLa légende du Manuel Sacré (1998),Les trains (1999),Soldats de bois (1999),Tsé-Tsé (2000),Agromorphobia (2001),Jocelyne est en dépression (2002),Beauté intérieure (2003),Félicité (2004),Chante avec moi (2010),Ennemi public (2015) andZoé (2020).[1]
Félicité has been translated into English byCaryl Churchill asBliss,[5] andJocelyne est en dépression has been translated by Paula Wing asJocelyne Is Under a Cloud Today.[6] Choinière has also translated a number of English language plays into French, includingDarrell Dennis'sTales of an Urban Indian,[7]Joan MacLeod'sThe Shape of a Girl,[8] andMark O'Rowe'sHowie the Rookie.[9]
Sometimes described as a "theatrehacker",[10] his conventional plays have been interspersed with experiments in "gonzo theatre",[11] theatricalflash mobs, andpodcasted "déambulatoire" plays.[10]
In 2014, he was awarded both theCanada Council'sVictor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award[12] and theSiminovitch Prize in Theatre.[10]
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