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THE DEBACLE

ANN-MARIE KERR, SUSAN LEBLANC CRAWFORD

A vibrant soliloquy that takes place in a room full of mementos symbolizing a life under glass that suddenly shatters, The Debacle draws up an inventory of fleeting moments and intense emotions.

Details

Prostrate and dishevelled, Margaret is surrounded by hundreds of Mason jars containing childhood secrets. She slowly opens them one by one, gradually letting go of the chaos that haunts her. Exhausted by grief, she clings to fragments of memories that evoke a family that has disappeared. She must go back in time, into the panic and terror of memory, and try to recall moments of lost innocence.

This broken woman is played by the actress and director Ann-Marie Kerr. Her mind founders, sorrow sets her adrift, but speech saves her from drowning. Both amusing and heartrending, she invites the audience to a ceremony full of sound and fury, distress and delight.

A powerful soliloquy that takes place in a room full of mementos symbolizing a life under glass that suddenly shatters, The Debacle draws up an inventory of fleeting moments and intense emotions. Very much alive, despite a death foretold.

Credits

PRODUCED BY ZUPPA THEATRECO.
CREATED AND WRITTEN BY ANN-MARIE KERR + SUSAN LEBLANC CRAWFORD
DIRECTED AND PERFORMED BYANN-MARIE KERR
SET DESIGN ANDREW CULL
LIGHTING DESIGN JESS LEWIS +INGRID RISK

WRITTEN BY DIANE JEAN
TRANSLATED BY NEIL KROETSCH

PREMIERED AT PLUTONIUM PLAYHOUSE, HALIFAX, APRIL 12, 2011

ANN-MARIE KERR (HALIFAX)
ZUPPA THEATRE CO.

Collective Effort
The Debacle was created by actress-playwright Susan Leblanc Crawford and actress-director Ann-Marie Kerr, both of whom's innovative work has been seen in many Canadian cities.

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