Éric Noël

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Éric Noël
Born1984 (age 40–41)
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • actor
  • theatre director
Alma materNational Theatre School of Canada
Years active2000s–present

Éric Noël is a Canadian playwright from Quebec,[1] who won the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2025 Governor General's Awards for Ces regards amoureux de garçons altérés.[2]

A 2009 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada,[1] Noël won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2010 for the play manuscript Faire des enfants,[3] which was staged by the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in 2011.[4]

Ces regards amoureux de garçons altérés, a semi-autobiographical monologue about his experiences as a queer man exploring chemsex, debuted in a performance by Noël at the Festival du Jamais Lu in 2015,[1] and French actor and director Stanislas Nordey staged a reading in Paris at the Théâtre Ouvert in 2016.[5] Noël subsequently stopped using crystal meth and put the piece away for a number of years,[6] until it received a new production in spring 2025 by Montreal's Theatre Prospero, with actor Gabriel Szabo performing the role.[7]

Noël's other plays have included Sans électricité, les oiseaux disparaissent (2009),[8] La Mère, le père, le petit et le grand (2012),[8] Astéroïde B612 (2018),[9] and L'Amoure Looks Something Like You (2023).[10] Noël won the Prix Michel-Tremblay in 2024 for L'Amoure Looks Something Like You.[11]

Noël is non-binary, and uses both male and gender-neutral pronouns.[10]

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