Mr. Speaker, the fifth Soirée des Masques, a major theater event in Quebec, was held last weekend.
Congratulations to all the nominees and especially to the winners.
Quebec theater is alive and well indeed. Last week, the 50th anniversary of the Rideau Vert theater clearly indicated that our cultural identity as Quebeckers and francophones is not an abstraction but an art that is widely shared and recognized.
This important cultural event was an opportunity to discover or rediscover our local talent, in productions like 15 secondes , La Décadente and Le Diable à quatre .
Congratulations to all the winners, actors and creators alike, without whom there simply would not be a Quebec theater.