Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada

Muni-Spec Mont-Laurier mandated the construction of a multifunctional theatre, a venue that not only equals past venues but also seeks to reach a new level of quality. The complex must respond to the needs of the stage arts profession all the while having a key role in the economic diversification of the region, more specifically in the corporate and recreational rental market (business organizations and thematic forum), business tourism (conventions) as well as cultural and recreational tourism (festivals). The project must also benefit various cultural organizations within the community, which will be able to use the premises to organize activities, thus favouring their creative potential.

Artistic vision:

- Offer multidisciplinary, balanced and diverse programming in terms of type and quantity.
- Make accessible and commercialize popular and publicized productions all year round.
- Reflect emerging tendencies including, but not limited to, circus, new medias, and dance, by improving accessibility to diversity for existing artistic and cultural elements.
- Offer a flexible space, thus receiving the public in various space configurations (cabaret, banquet, full theatre and studio-theatre).

(From competition brief)

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