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Exploring Queer Culture Alex Tétreault writes play publishes book
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This is a short selection from an article I wrote in early summer 2025.Alex Tétreault started putting down written words for as long as he can remember. “It was a bit of an escape for me, and I just found it really fun.” He is Greater Sudbury's 8th Poet Laureate.
Writing can be a liberating, but also sequestering process. For Tétreault this tension is very important. “It allows me to be as specific or as vague as I want and it gives me the time to reflect and choose the right words to get my ideas across the way that I want them to.”
The play he crafted is in book form too. It is in French.“It was first produced by me and the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (TNO) in June 2023. Because theatre is ephemeral and I wanted this story to keep being told. I submitted it to Prise de parole for publication and here we are. As a thoughtexercise I did translate it for a performance.”
His play (and now book) Nickel City Fifs is setin Sudbury at Zigs Bar... Yes, the iconic Zigs is still open. “I wrote it and direct it, but oh God, no, I don’t act in it,” he laughs long.
What is the underlying pinch that made him write it? “For me I really wanted my Francophone and Queer identities to co-exist. I was always trying to get more French into Sudbury PRIDE.” Tétreault sees the work he does as very Sudbury-centric but applicable to the wider world.
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