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Every donation has an impact. You'll be supporting new amateur and professional creative initiatives.
FrancofONDS
A gift with a double impact
What you support
Why make a donation? How can I be sure it will have a real impact?
These are all legitimate questions that require clear answers. Here are a few examples.
A breeding ground for talent
Supporting local artists
Season after season, many Franco-Manitoban artists create their plays with TCM before presenting them to the public.
Artistic residencies
Every year, the TCM grants several artistic residencies, crucial for artists in their creative projects.
Supporting excellence
TCM strives to support projects that are rigorous in their conception, guaranteeing the quality of its programming.
A commitment for future generations
Family Sunday
Dance, drawing or painting, every Family Sunday is an opportunity for children to explore their hidden artistic talents.
Theatre School
From September to March, performing arts courses are offered for 4-14 year-olds. Each course is adapted to suit the age group, and culminates in an end-of-year show.
Youth theatre festival
Created in 1970, the FTJ is TCM's flagship youth event, where 28 preschool and high school troupes compete in a friendly theatrical competition.
Rural and international influence
School tour: Paroles d'eau (2023)
This tour of rural Manitoba is the fruit of a national and international co-production with Djarama (Senegal) and Motus (Canada).
Karacena Festival (2022)
Théâtre Cercle Molière, in collaboration with École Nationale de Cirque SHEMS'Y, produced the play "Le Ciel est Bleu comme une Orange". This Canada-Morocco production was presented at the Karacena Festival in Salé-Rabat.
Abidjan Performing Arts Market (2024)
Théâtre Cercle Molière presented its play Empreinte(s) (2022) at the Palais de la Culture in Abidjan. The show is a collaboration between La Muse (Guinea), Compagnie du Jour (France) and Théâtre Cercle Molière.
Testimonials
Emily Solstice Tait and Eric Plamondon
“The Theatre is known to be a space for performance and creation; a space to explore the human condition. The yellow, orange, and red codes have, one by one, imposed restrictions which have distanced artists from their audience and diminished the outreach of art. In response, TCM harnessed its tools and made them available to artists, and by extension to the community. The results were projects like Moi seul·e /my-self, a collaborative video created safely with a lot of support; including a platform on which the project could live and give voice to what we are living through during this pandemic. We are very grateful to TCM for investing in us, Manitoban artists, and for blowing wind into the sails of artistic expression.”
Amara Conde
“The announcement that the pandemic would be prolonged shocked performance artists. I did not know what to do. Thankfully, TCM was quick to rescue me with a private and safe rehearsal space as well as a paying contract to cover the production of my Wonghê toûn video project. Thank-you TCM, really, for being there just when I needed help.”
Carole, Mariette, Marie-Ève & Natalie of Lipstick Rouge
“In the fall of 2020, we wanted to provide people some reprieve in the form of an online comedy performance. Geneviève and her team immediately understood the relevance of our project Jacinthe and it is their boost that put the wind in our sails. In total, more than 750 people logged on to laugh with Jacinthe! That is the mark of a theatre that listens to artists and is in tune with the needs of its community.”
