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Festival TransAmériques
May 22 to June 5, 2025
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LA PÉRÉGRIN CHÉRUBINIQUE

JOVETTE MARCHESSAULT + POL PELLETIER

The magnificently stubborn and persistent Pol Pelletier is back in force, motivated by the poetic radiance of the words of Jovette Marchessault and enveloped by the timeless music of Jean-Jacques Lemêtre.

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The magnificently stubborn and persistent Pol Pelletier is back in force, motivated by the poetic radiance of the words of Jovette Marchessault and enveloped by the timeless music of Jean-Jacques Lemêtre. La pérégrin chérubinique, presented in a former church, reveals the slow agony and the violent mystical ecstasy of a woman on a pilgrimage.

Jovette Marchessault’s dusky, incredibly rich prose turns the experience into a moment of inspiring beauty. A luminous presence, Pol Pelletier shatters comfort zones, jolting the audience as she grabs hold of the altar to kiss it. She is accompanied by the indefatigable seeker of sounds Jean-Jacques Lemêtre in a presentation that is part savage feast, part ceremonial.

A source of comfort in these uncertain times, this joyful piece is a very moving spiritual journey in the face of a civilization in decline. Presented by three exceptional individuals, it is an act of resistance against gloom and mediocrity, a high intensity theatrical adventure.

Credits

PRODUCED BY L’ÉCOLE SAUVAGE
WRITTEN BY JOVETTE MARCHESSAULT
DIRECTED AND PERFORMED BYPOL PELLETIER
MUSIC JEAN-JACQUES LEMÊTRE

WRITTEN BY DIANE JEAN
TRANSLATED BY NEIL KROETSCH

PREMIÈRED AT MUSÉE DE L’AMÉRIQUE FRANÇAISE, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2008

 

Pol Pelletier

JOVETTE MARCHESSAULT + POL PELLETIER (MONTRÉAL)
L'ÉCOLE SAUVAGE

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Pol Pelletier has been enchanting Quebec theatre for more than 35 years. She co-founded the Théâtre Expérimental des Femmes, after having been part of the core nucleus of Théâtre expérimental de Montréal with Ronfard and Gravel. In 1976 she was a writer and actor in the mythical collective play La nef des sorcières, a radical, socially activist piece. In the 1980s she established her Dojo, a unique training space for actors. During the 1990s her epic performances of Joie (1993) and Or (1997) electrified FTA audiences. The final piece of the trilogy, Océan, tells the story of women and theatre in Quebec via her own journey as an artist. From 2004 to 2008 she presented Nicole c'est moi in both Quebec and France, where she also created Une Contrée sauvage appelée Courage.

Full biography