The director

DANIEL BRIÈRE

Actor, stage director and playwright, Daniel Brière is a founding member of the Groupement Forestier du Théâtre (Matroni et moi) and associate artistic director of the NTE, where he has been performing and creating new plays since 2003 (Henri et Margaux, La Marche de Rama, Grid, Le Plan américain). As an actor, he has performed in many theater productions in Canada since graduating from the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal in 1985, including at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (Don Juan, Les Oranges sont vertes) and at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier (Rhinocéros). On television, he was seen in Cauchemar d’amour, Un gars, une fille, Annie et ses hommes and Caméra café among others, and since 2008 he’s been part of the popular family comedy series on CBC, Les Parent, which earned him the Artis award for “Best Actor in a comedy” for 3 consecutive years. More recently, he has been in the series Feux, Les Appendices and Web Thérapies. On the big screen, his performances include parts in Le Déclin de l’empire américain (D. Arcand), La Moitié gauche du frigo (P. Falardeau), Gaz Bar Blues (L. Bélanger) and C’est pas moi je le jure (P. Falardeau), all presented in several international film festivals. He has directed some twenty plays and stand-up comedy shows including Bashir Lazhar (Evelyne de la Chenelière), Tavernes, Oreille, tigre et bruit, Invention du chauffage central en Nouvelle-France and Les Chemins qui marchent (Alexis Martin). In 2012, with Tobias Wegner he directed and co-wrote LEO, which was presented in Berlin, Edinburgh and Manhattan amongst other cities, and since then is pursuing an international tour. This show received many prestigious prizes, including the Scotsman Fringe Award. Recently he has directed Animaux, which was shown at the New Experimental Theatre of Montreal. His creative approach to theatrical creation has made him a leader in Quebec’s contemporary theatre.