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Tableau D'Hote gets by with a little help from their friendsby Sarah Deshaies
A month ago, Tableau D'Hote Theatre, a Montreal theatre company with a focus on Canadian content, was facing its final curtain call. Financial difficulties threatened the company, which was founded six years ago by Mathieu Perron and Mike Payette. In a world where many theatre companies don't last more than two years, Tableau D'Hote was already an anomaly, as the struggle for funding is something that many theatre companies, and small businesses, face.
But with a little help from some friends and an indie fundraising website, Tableau D'Hote may yet see another few more years – or at least, see its latest project up and running.
Perron and Payette set up an account for their cashstrapped company on fundraising site, IndieGoGo. A message of appeal was published on their page under the following headings: “Our story,” “The impact,” and “What we need and what you get.”
