You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video.

MYGALE

NICOLAS CANTIN

A piece that freely mixes genres as it ventures boldly down the slippery slopes of intimacy and the dark side of fragility. Poignant and disturbing.

Details

It’s best not to rely on appearances. Still waters sometimes mask the most devastating of volcanoes, as the shady world of Mygale reminds us as it slowly but surely keeps us on edge. Although the four misfits of this underworld try hard to become close, they are addicted to violence. Their attempts to gently reach out to the other are in vain. Even the silence crackles with the mental stress they radiate as their hardened, tormented hearts spin madly in a rut. Their laughter is nervous, their actions unpredictable. “Blood will come raining down,” notes one of them. From one scene to the next, the suspense is compelling.

A young artist who freely mixes genres, Nicolas Cantin has ventured boldly down the slippery slopes of intimacy. By stretching out time and relying on the extremely intense presence of his performers, he brings to light the dark side of fragility.

Credits

PRODUCED AND CREATED BYNICOLAS CANTIN
PERFORMED BY GABRIELLE CÔTÉ + PETER JAMES + JULIEN THIBEAULT + ASHLEA WATKIN
LIGHTING DESIGN ALEXANDRE PILON-GUAY

COPRODUCTION FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES
CREATIVE RESIDENCIESTHÉÂTRE LA CHAPELLE + COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD + USINE C
CODIFFUSION THÉÂTRE LA CHAPELLE

WRITTEN BY FABIENNE CABADO
TRANSLATED BY NEIL KROETSCH

WORLD PREMIÈRE AT FTA

 

NICOLAS CANTIN (MONTRÉAL)

Always on the Margins
After not quite completing his studies at the Conservatoire de théâtre in Avignon, followed by a sojourn in Paris, Nicolas Cantin found his true calling in masks and clowning. Stimulated by working with masters such as Mario Gonzales he developed his own dramatic style, characterized by a strong, sensitive presence, the dramatic force of minimalist gesture, a keen sense of the tension between comedy and tragedy, and a taste for breaking established codes without being too casual about it.

Full biography