The Omicron variant has not finished depriving us of the performing arts: the TNM on Wednesday canceled the performances of the play “Lysis” scheduled for January 11 to February 5.
The Montreal institution had little choice given that the curve of infections, hospitalizations and deaths has not declined since the closure of theaters at the end of December, a measure imposed again by the Legault government to curb the fifth wave of COVID-19.
“Lysis”, a creation by Fanny Britt and Alexia Bürger, after “Aristophane”, could be moved later in the TNM calendar.
The general and artistic director of TNM, Lorraine Pintal, was in charge of the production of “Lysis” and directed to make several actors, including Vincent Bilodeau, Pierre Curzi, Bénédicte Décary, Steve Gagnon, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Widemir Normil , Olivia Palacci, Brigitte Paquette, Émilie Proulx, Philippe Racine, David Savard and Marie Tifo.
Initially, the play was due to premiere in April 2020, a month after the virus entered our lives.
Ticket holders will receive news from TNM in order to be reimbursed.
Other cancellation coming soon?
Another piece could be turned upside down by Omicron, namely “The Three Sisters”. “A decision on whether to hold the show ‘The Three Sisters’ will be made in early February,” the theater said in a statement.
The performances of “The Three Sisters”, by Anton Tchekhov, directed by René Richard Cyr, are scheduled to take place from February 17 to March 5.