Le Nouveau International is an Arts Organization that was officially founded in 2009 by Sandi Armstrong, Mark Louch and Alain Mercieca. However, for almost a decade before this, the group existed in different, secretive forms in order to avoid being followed or blacklisted: The Yukon Boys, Stag Nation, Pat’s Theatre, Kick The Pricks, Theatre 314, the VIC, CAFé CAFé, Love and Dreams are all troupes that involved Alain Mercieca as a primary writer or performer, and most of them also included Mark Louch. Please note that films are not included in the list and every show was a comedy. Click on the show of your choice for more information, and for an abundance of extra shows that were produced in those same years.
2003
Fear and Misery Under the Second Bush (as part of the Ground Zero play festival)
I’m Laughing Because I’m Scared
Fat Is Freedom
1,2,3 Times A Baby
Le Tavernac
2004
Who Killed My Boss At The HMV?
2005
The United States of America Doesn’t Exist, (part of the St-Ambroise Fringe Festival of Montreal)
2006
A Fat Man Dancing
Squeegee Nights
Who’s Going to Drive You Home?
My Heart is A Police State
2007
TREE SLUTS!: a play about treeplanting
Third City
Lunduntown
2008
CAFé CAFé, the Original
2009
CAFé CAFé, Cigarettes and Spit
CAFé CAFé, The Revolution
CAFé CAFé, Origins
CAFé CAFé, Asshole magnet on my heart (as part of Zoofest)
The Meconium Diaries
Mystic Focus
My Duane Reade Cloister (Christmas in NY)
2010
Le Nouveau’s Nouvel An Show
The Chicoutimi Kid
Party Central 2.5
CAFé CAFé: Paris
The 5th Annual Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival
Vagaries of the Moon (as part of the 20th Annual St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival) – Nominated for the Cirque du Soleil award for Best Original Creation.
Match Made in Hell
Match Made in Hell: Everything Doesn’t Happen For A Reason
Match Made in Hell: Society is Perfect
Ogoki Nights
The Lost Thought of Loucho the Clown
Match Made in Hell: Montreal Orphan’s Christmas
2011
Squeegee Nights: A punk rock musical.
Rock’n’Roll Prayer
24-Hour Plays
The 6th Annual Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival
The Only Bar
Les CAFés Tragiques
Ogoki Nights 2: Lifer
Cornered by Jim Burke, co-production with Rabbit in a Hat
Romantic Bacon
Shitflakes and Snowburgers
2012:
Dépflies: THE ORIGINAL
The Most Important Play Ever Told
Dépflies: Frappe les rues
Mama’s Club
Match Made in Hell: Subtle Motifs
Dépflies: Moé pis toé
The 7th Annual Sketch Comedy Festival
Jesus Christ Super Band
Dépflies: Gonna Make You Cry Tonight
Millenium Balcon
Dépflies
10,000 Plays
LOUCHO: THE MULTI-COLOURED MACHINE
3rd Year Anniversary: BBQ Poet
2013:
OGOKI THREE: Return to Duff City (Jan 11th – 19th)
TSC Live Television (Feb 7th)
Jesus Christ Super Band (March 20th – 23rd)
8th Annual Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival (May 20th to 26th)
Wesley the Muse (Aug 29th – 31st)
24-Hour Plays: Embracing the End (Sept 24th)
Dépflies 6 : Bling Blingualism (Sept 19th to 28th)
Adopted at Death (performed at Mainline Theatre as part of the first annual SOLOS Festival) (Nov 9th)
Le Dernier Brigadier/The Guardians of the Cross (Dec 19th – 21st)
2014
24-Hour Plays: Sports! Sports! Sports! (Jan 24th)
Makin’ Cinema: An Evening of Short Films (Jan 31st)
Art. Démolition (co-production with Studio Béluga for Nuit Blanche à Montreal 2014) (March 1st)
Dépflies 7: Jusqu’au dernier flocon (6 à 15 mars)
Le Nouveau Cinema Club (March 20th)
Jesus Christ Super Band (Apr 11th-20th)
24-Hour Plays (May 10th)
The 9th Annual Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival (May 19th-25th)
Wesley the Muse (June 27 & 28)
Dépflies 8: Déprezent (Sept 24 – Oct 4)
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