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An initiatory journey in search of an inaccessible self-image. A strangely hypnotic theatrical tour de force that lures the spectator into a waking dream.
JOURNEY WITHIN
In her first directing foray, Sophie Cadieux has come up with a magnificent triumph, a dizzying initiatory journey, the search for an inaccessible self-image. Guillaume Corbeil, author of Five Faces for Evelyn Frost has concocted a strangely hypnotic theatrical tour de force that lures the spectator into a waking dream. And the virtuoso Marie-France Lambert is transformed into an anonymous woman who strangely becomes the elusive reflection of all women.
On the spur of the moment a woman flies to Prague in pursuit of another woman. That other woman is herself, or rather the image she has of herself – an image so pressing that she will show her own passport photo to tourists and ask them if they have seen the woman. It is an, impossible quest. A bewitching, spiralling narrative that multiplies the reflections of the self, sowing doubt as one reflection after another is discovered. Elusive and enigmatic.
CREDITS
PRODUCED BY MILLIMÈTRE
WRITTEN BY GUILLAUME CORBEIL
DIRECTED BY SOPHIE CADIEUX
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EMANUELLE KIROUAC S.
PERFORMED BY MARIE-FRANCE LAMBERT
LIGHTING DESIGN MARIE-AUBE ST-AMANT DUPLESSIS
SET DESIGN MAX-OTTO FAUTEUX
SOUND DESIGN ANNE-MARIE LEVASSEUR
COSTUME DESIGN GINETTE NOISEUX
COPRODUCTION FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES
PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ESPACE GO
WRITTEN BY PAUL LEFEBVRE
TRANSLATED BY NEIL KROETSCH
PREMIERED AT ESPACE GO, MONTREAL, ON MARCH 11, 2014
GUILLAUME CORBEIL + SOPHIE CADIEUX | MILLIMÈTRE (Montréal)
Pioneering researchers
An important voice in contemporary Quebec theatre recognized for his formal acuity and his exploration of the very concept of representation, Guillaume Corbeil has a Master’s in literary writing from UQAM and a diploma in playwriting from the National Theatre School. The author of the short story collection L'art de la fugue (2009 Adrienne Choquette Award) and a novel, Pleurer comme dans les films, he has also published a biography of theatre director André Brassard. His play Five Faces for Evelyn Frost, initially presented by Théâtre PÀP, received the 2013 Michel Tremblay Award.
