A play for children 3 to 6 years old

Bathtime

Bathtime is splash time!

At the end of a busy day as a fire fighter, Mrs. Firebell faces her biggest challenge: giving her baby a bath and putting him to bed. Everyone, young or old, relaxes in a bath. Bathtime is a break of sorts, a time for deep contemplation. This intimate setting can also provide a meeting-place for children and their adults. Tenderness surfaces and becomes a buoy floating on the sea of imagination.

As an introduction to theatre for the very young, Le Bain / Bathtime offers a sweet meeting-place for a child and his adult. First performed at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Le Bain was honored with the 1997-1998 Audience Award by the Beloeil Cultural Center, in addition to being nominated for the Académie québécoise du théâtre Best production for Young Audiences award. This show has been performed in French and English in the province of Quebec, at Le Rendez-vous international de théâtre jeune public in Montreal, La Semaine mondiale de la marionette in Jonquiere and at the Toronto Milk International Children's Festival.

Previous cast: France Dansereau et Sylvie Gosselin.

Le Bain is published by Lanctôt Éditeur.
Translation by Linda Gaboriau, 1998.