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fragments d'ana

Fragments d’Ana is a celebration of life and memory. Falling somewhere between reality and fiction, the show subtly and poetically explores the space of solitude, while appealing to our capacity for connection. We are plunged into the innermost thoughts of Ana, a character who struggles gently against forgetting. The microcosm of her house invites us into a reflection on the passage of time, love, and the inevitability of death. In keeping with her intercultural process, Ligia Borges – cofounder of the Théâtre de l’intime – presents a mise en scène that makes space for encounters with the public, and where languages and memories intertwine.

real's fiction\dissonant_pleasures

This dance is a song we sing in order to be together. The song is intentionally simple to open access to even the most musically-timid body. The song needs us to listen to each other, to be sung in search of a semitonal-policality; “how close can we come without consolidating into one-ness?.”

This room is listening to us speak. It captures our whispers and secrets and redistributes them elsewhere and close-by. This floor invites us to lie. This work is almost real. This world we are looking for is not for us.

camille : un rendez-vous au-delà du visuel

Camille : un rendez-vous au-dela du visuel — © Laurence Gagnon Lefebvre

In this immersive work that circumvents our sense of sight, audience members follow the protagonist through a landscape of emotions and memories in which the intimate becomes tangible. This multisensory experience, developed for a visually-impaired audience, is accessible to all; we are invited, directly and delicately, into a space of discovery and encounter. Montreal-based interdisciplinary artist Audrey-Anne Bouchard has used her impairment as inspiration for developing a new artistic form. She brings together a reflection on the sensorial experience of dance, begun during her Master’s (Nice/Brussels), and the development of her practice as dramaturge.

carrion

What does it mean to be human, in an era when our destructive influence over the planet is rapidly redefining the laws of nature? This magnetic solo performance by Justin Shoulder introduces the figure of Carrion: a post-human spectre that has the ability to shapeshift into multiple forms and speak multiple languages. In the throes of forced evolutionary acceleration, wandering an archaeological site, they transform: a ghost of the west, a virus, a trickster, a prehistoric bird. Combining presentational club spectacle with dramaturgy from Victoria Hunt on raw bodily exploration, Carrion draws on queer and bicultural ancestral mythologies.

take d milk, nah? (cancelled-covid19)

This is the story of how I once birthed a cow… kinda.

Jiv is “Canadian.” And “Indian.” And “Hindu.” And “West Indian.” “Trinidadian,” too. Or maybe he’s just colonized. In Take d Milk, Nah? Parasram blends personal storytelling and ritual to walk through the Hin-do’s and Hin-don’ts at the intersections of these cultures. The show is a refreshingly candid and delightfully funny look at race, religion and nationalism(s): What divides us – and what we’re willing to accept in the desire to belong. Because we have to laugh in the face of Empire. To be able to continue to resist.

Oh, and there’s a cow.

strike/thru (mai + offta) / online

Bringing together two old friends, STRIKE/THRU is an interdisciplinary encounter between indigenous visual artist Nadia Myre and settler theatre artist Johanna Nutter. In videoconference, six members of the audience are invited to reconstruct a recorded conversation between culturally-mixed people while the two artists use each other to explore the identity constructs raised by the verbatim. A live impetus for conciliation and reconciliation, this work speaks to the current climate around Indigenous/Settler relations.

This project received financial support from the MAI Alliance Program (2016-2017) and this event is an excerpt of the performance that was supposed to be presented at MAI in May 2020, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

bâtardes

Born to a Tibetan father and a Québécois mother, Chloé and Jade Barshee have created a touching autobiographical work in search of their own cultural heritage. Combining anecdotes, poetic monologues, and video archives, Bâtardes delves into a theatrical universe where reality and the imaginary are blurred.

Théâtre Everest is a theatre company, but above all a family project for the Barshee sisters: Chloé, Fanny and Jade. Their theatre practice draws on the social context of today: a contemporary Québec where different cultural realities intermingle and coexist.

rendez-vous with home

In Rendez-vous with Home, Josephine and Suzette, are sent to Haiti to bury their father. Josephine, whose memory of her father is scant, is anxious. Suzette, who never knew the man, looks forward to an all-expenses-paid vacation. Their resulting journey, which combines Haitian oral tradition and dance with humour, explodes the sisters’ expectations imparting new awareness and overturning clichés.

Directed by Dayane Ntibarikure, written and performed by Haitian-born Toronto actor/playwright Djennie Laguerre, Rendez-vous with Home is presented by Black Theatre Workshop, Canada’s oldest Black theatre company.

wrk n prgrss

A multidisciplinary showcase offering young and/or emerging artists a platform for expression, WRK N PRGRSS brings together a dozen presentations. Including spotlights on the process of creation, experimental performances, live painting and an exploration of rituals, WRK N PRGRSS is a stirring showcase presented by PlayShed, a company renowned for its uninhibited theatre.

In 2015, PlayShed won acclaim with the presentation of Cock – a black comedy by Mike Bartlett touching on sexual confusion. This first theatrical production was an unprecedented success with critics and audiences alike!

Founded by artists Birdie Gregor, Jimmy Blais and Olivier Lamarche, this company stands out for its humanist treatment of challenging subjects.

yev

Yev is a hermit living in a remote region of the Siberian Taiga, the sole survivor of a family who fled civilization for fear of religious persecution. Matthew, a biology student who’s curious about her solitary life, begins a correspondence but soon discovers that Yev is not entirely alone. Acted by Alison Darcy and written by Joseph Shragg, the play mobilizes complex, multi-perspectival storying telling to slowly unearths the truth of these relationships forged amid seclusion.

Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre is an award-winning Montreal theatre company focused on creating innovative new work and classical adaptations, whose productions strive for theatre to be an unruly and visceral shared experience.

This show will be presented in relax performances,
for the Saturday March 23rd at 3pm session.

Pricing
2 X 1 for all relaxed performances.