Manon Beaudoin
Manon Beaudoin has written, directed and performed throughout Canada and other parts of the world. She was a core member of the acclaimed wordless play The Overcoat (CanStage), a hit in festivals around the globe and Co-Creator of Flying Blind (Axis/Belfry/Arts Club Theatres in Canada and Legs on the Wall, Australia.) She helped create 8 shows for Vancouver’s enduring cult hit Leaky Heaven Circus as well as founding her own all-woman Cirque Poule. Her plays The Queen of Hearts and The Bloody Clean-Up or the Lamentable Tale of Marie Antoinette have been produced in Canada. She now teaches movement at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. This is Manon’s first collaboration with Cirque du Soleil.