Featured artists

Bianca Richard is an actress and puppeteer who also writes for theater and film. Originally from Notre-Dame de Kent, New Brunswick, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Moncton in 2013. As a co-founder of Théâtre la Cigogne in 2012, she participated in the company’s productions until 2018. Since then, she has divided her time between acting on television, theater production, and short film production. Beginning in 2019, she has been working on the development of the play *Parler mal*, in collaboration with Gabriel Robichaud. Between 2021 and 2023, she co-hosted two seasons of the national children’s television series Oniva! (Radio-Canada). In 2024, she played the role of the author in Mélanie Léger’s play Becca. Photo credit: Annie France Noël

A native of Moncton, New Brunswick, Deveau holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree with distinction (2000) from the Université de Moncton. She has participated in several solo and group exhibitions, working primarily in relief printing and screen printing at the Imago printmaking studio.

She has always enjoyed involving the public in the creative process by offering them the opportunity to interact with her works. Printmaking and media arts allow her to explore this interactive element.

Mélanie has portrayed many beloved characters, such as Lady Macbeth, the Wicked Witch of the West, Mary Poppins, Anne of Green Gables, Patsy Cline, and the pirate Ann Bonny. A bilingual performer and passionate supporter of local arts, Mélanie is a member of the Pays de la Sagouine theater troupe and teaches at the Académie de théâtre du Capitole and in surrounding schools. For seven years, she traveled as a solo artist to Vietnam, Japan, the Maldives, and India, and presented her solo show Hommage aux femmes de la guerre on tour in Canada and France. Mélanie is also a professional translator.

Raph Dely (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice ranges from experimental game design and immersive cinema to conceptual art, performance, and theatre. Their artistic escape stems from an obsession with staging and interactivity, focusing their work on the audience’s experience of the artwork. They were shortlisted for the Lumen Art Prize in the UK, created a video game about miscarriage that was recognized by Kotaku as one of the best obscure games of 2020, and co-founded the Laborare Collective with Marine Theunissen. They also traveled across Europe for six months on artistic residencies, producing screen prints and conducting choreographic research-creation on rising sea levels. Since 2021, they have been deeply involved with Living Arts, contributing video design, scenography, writing, and even interactive design to more than a dozen performances.

Comprised of members of Moncton's Les Païens, umLäb offers a blend of improvisation and composition that makes heavy use of looping to create a mix of electro-rock-jazz soundscapes.