Denis Marleau

[1] He was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and trained as an actor at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal.

Marleau returned to Quebec and founded the Théâtre de la Nouvelle Lune with several other actors.

In 1981, he presented Coeur à gaz et autres textes Dada at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.

During the 1980s, he presented several collage works based on European avant-garde texts, including Merz Opéra and Oulipo Show.

[1] He founded the Laboratoires du Théâtre français, associated with the National Arts Centre, which provides education in theatre.