A power outage interrupted the premiere of the musical Hate, last night, plunging the St-Denis Theater into darkness for about fifteen minutes in the heart of the second act of the show.
“Give us three minutes, we’ll call Hydro-Québec and we’ll know more,” announced director Serge Denoncourt, visibly disconcerted, before dropping a well-felt “c*lisse de t*barnak”.
Misunderstanding reigned first inside the room, the spectators wondering if the program of the evening was going to be amputated from its climax.
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This is what we feared when the troupe capitulated, intoning Let the Sunshine In a cappella as an encore in front of an audience lighting them up with their smart phones brandished in the air.
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It was only when the theater was emptying of its audience that the power was restored, drawing an audible sigh of relief from the approximately 2,200 spectators.
The troop was thus able to conclude the program of the evening, after a forced break of about twenty minutes.
- The musical show Hate is presented at the Théâtre St-Denis in Montreal until July 30.