Background
The daughter of Blanche Payette and Paul Lebeau, she was born in Montreal.
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Suzanne Lebeau
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Drawn to the theatre, she studied with Jacques Crête and Gilles Maheu and performed in classical and contemporary works. Lebeau went on to study with the mime Étienne Decroux in Paris and then studied pantomime and marionettes in Wroclaw, Poland with the Henryk Tomaszewski Pantomime Theatre and Puppet Theatre.
Career
She was exposed to children"s theatre through a contract with Théâtre Louisiana Roulotte in Longueuil. She has taught writing for young audiences, including at the National Theatre School of Canada. In 1975, she founded the Le Carrousel theatre company with Gervais Gaudreault, also serving as co-director in 1975, gradually focusing more on writing than on performing.
From November 1993 to February 1994, Lebeau was writer-in-residence at the Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon in France.
In 1998, she was named a Chevalier in the French Order of Louisiana Pléiade. The Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City asked her to be artistic adviser for its exhibition "Grandir" and to write the text for the exposition "De quel droit ?".
Achievements
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Nationality
Canada
Awards
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the Prix Rideau Hommage; Masque Award; the Prix Francophonie Jeunesse; Prix Athanase-David; Molière Award; Governor General's Award; the Chalmers Children's Play Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields.