Éric Noël is a Canadian playwright from Quebec,Luc Boulanger, "L’amour flou". La Presse, April 8, 2025. 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.Laila Maalouf, "Katia Belkhodja l’emporte dans la catégorie Romans et nouvelles". La Presse, November 6, 2025.
A 2009 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Noël won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2010 for the play manuscript Faire des enfants,"L'auteur Éric Noël obtient le Prix Gratien-Gélinas". Ici Radio-Canada, September 9, 2010. which was staged by the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in 2011.Louise Bourbonnais, "Faire des enfants : un drame sombre et tragique". Le Journal de Montréal, October 27, 2011.
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, and French actor and director Stanislas Nordey staged a reading in Paris at the Théâtre Ouvert in 2016.Christine Zimmer, "Lire le théâtre". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, November 18, 2016. Noël subsequently stopped using crystal meth and put the piece away for a number of years,"Cinq questions à Éric Noël". Jeu, March 29, 2025. until it received a new production in spring 2025 by Montreal's Theatre Prospero, with actor Gabriel Szabo performing the role.Denis-Daniel Boullé, "Ces regards amoureux de garçons altérés : A Desperate Love Song". Fugues, March 27, 2025.
Noël's other plays have included Sans électricité, les oiseaux disparaissent (2009),Michelle Chanonat, "Éric Noël : Écrire est un geste de résistance". Jeu, May 5, 2015. La Mère, le père, le petit et le grand (2012), Astéroïde B612 (2018),"Astéroïde B612 (Le petit prince) dans les parcs de Montréal". Ici Radio-Canada, June 27, 2018. and L'Amoure Looks Something Like You (2023).Denis-Daniel Boullé, "L’Amoure Looks Something Like You selon Éric Noël". Fugues, August 29, 2023. Noël won the Prix Michel-Tremblay in 2024 for L'Amoure Looks Something Like You."Éric Noël remporte le prix Michel-Tremblay 2024". Jeu, May 7, 2025.
Noël is non-binary, and uses both male and gender-neutral pronouns.
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