Ottawa Children’s Festival de la jeunesse presents …
Black Bird Festival of the Arts
The Experience
We’ve missed you! The Ottawa Children’s Festival de la jeunesse is eagerly awaiting the day when we can welcome you to the Black Bird Festival of the Arts. OCF has selected four productions by nationally and internationally. Take a look at the 2021 trailer to see what we have offered in the past and get ready for some fun!
4 special performances for you!Â
Luminarium
CAUSE & EFFECT CIRCUS | Vancouver, British Colombia
Luminarium is a visually striking, wordless circus theatre experience blending juggling, physical comedy, and inventive stagecraft.
Set in a hopeful solarpunk future, two workers arrive to restore a forgotten facility—but their mission unravels into play, discovery, and unexpected transformation.
As systems fail, imagination takes over, leading to the discovery of a new kind of energy born from curiosity and connection. Playful, poetic, and accessible to all ages, Luminarium invites audiences into a luminous world where the future isn’t fixed—it’s something we can reimagine together.
Non-verbal | Ages 4+ | 60 minutes
Non-verbal| Ages 4+ | 45 min
By Trial and Error
Le Cirque Content Pour Peu | Saint-Thois, France
By Trial and Error is an acrobatic show brimming with humor borrowed from slapstick and silent film. It’s a creation for two disoriented artists, aimed at all audiences.
The two circus performers enter the ring, ready to perform their acrobatic lifts, but doubt creeps into their well-rehearsed routine, leading to a series of misunderstandings. The show then transforms into a farcical spectacle. Driven by the need to continue, the duo gets caught up in the game, inventing, drifting… sometimes lost, sometimes opportunistic, but always bouncing back.
A show for all audiences where the unexpected is valued and the spectator is constantly surprised!
While We Wait
Gale Force Theatre | Halifax, Nova Scotia
While We Wait follows a young girl named Leo and her discovery of a magical garden shed. As the seasons pass, she struggles against the changes in her own life. This show is a celebration of inter-species kinship, explores the challenge of facing change, and revels in the power of noticing.Â
How do we face unwanted change? What can the natural world tell us about presence, control, and connection if we watch and listen? The piece features live music, puppetry and is an enchanting introduction to live performance for young audiences.
English | Ages 5+ | 50 minutes
English | Ages 4+ | 55 min
Returns Department
The Kif Kif Sisters | Montreal, Quebec
Twin sisters welcome you to the Returns Department, where merchandise returned to the store by disgruntled customers is inspected. They discover all sorts of dysfunctional objects and manufacturing defects on their conveyor belt. Little by little, the temptation to play with the merchandise takes hold, but the objects themselves play some tricks of their own!
Returns Department combines physical theater, circus, robotics and puppetry. With humor inspired by Chaplin and comic strips, the show takes a playful look behind the scenes of a production line.Â
Merci à nos partenaires
Merci à notre conseil d’administration!Â
Nick Masciantonio, Président
Dan Dixon, Trésorière
Laurie Koensgen, Membre en général
Janine Debanne, Membre en général
Stephanie Gilman, Membre en général
Michelle Richardson, Membre en général
Catherine O’Grady, Administrateur d’office