The event: Kukum And The Woman Who Flee at the theatre
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As announced The Press, in 2015, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s novel will be adapted for the theater.
The indigenous question will be on display at TNM next fall, with the adaptation of the novel Kukum by Michel Jean, sold more than 300,000 copies. The play will be directed by Émilie Monnet. On stage, we will find indigenous performers, including Jean-Luc Kanapé and Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao, as well as Léane Labrèche-Dor and Marie-Ève Pelletier. The show will also go on tour from January 2025. Just before Kukumit is the production of the novel The Woman Who Flee, by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, which will (finally) be created in September. Adapted by Sarah Berthiaume, the play will be directed by Alexia Bürger. The main role of “the woman who searches” was entrusted to the excellent Catherine De Léan. She will be surrounded by 18 performers (!), including Alex Bergeron, Marie-France Lambert, Olivia Palacci, Louise Laprade… From September 10.
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The actress Catherine De Léan will play the main role in the adaptation of the novel The Woman Who Flee.
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The actor and director Didier Lucien will direct Othello by Shakespeare.
We are intrigued by… readingOthello by Didier Lucien
In spring 2025, Didier Lucien will direct Othello, in an adaptation by Jean-Marc Dalpé, with a powerful premise that risks sparking debate: “Is Shakespeare’s tragedy a racist play? “. The director – who says he has been meditating on this text for 30 years – wants to show “the discriminatory attitudes that a white majority exercises without even thinking about it towards black individuals”. Rodley Pitt will play the Venetian general; and Lyndz Dantiste, his second, Iago.
And also… the new Bouchard has arrived
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Actor François Arnaud will play in Michel Marc Bouchard’s new play at TNM.
The new play by prolific author and screenwriter Michel Marc Bouchard is about the power of beauty to save the world. It is called A children’s party, and will be on display from January 14, 2025, in a production by Florent Siaud. Its cast stars François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua… A second creation will follow in March 2025, by Fanny Britt and Mani Soleymanlou, Classic(s)with among others Julie Le Breton and Martin Drainville.
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