The weight of ants
Written by David Paquet and directed by Philippe Cyr in 2019, The weight of ants continues its journey this fall and will tread the boards of the Fred-Barry room at the Denise-Pelletier theater. The duo offers an essential play on the society we live in, on what weighs heavily, but also on the power and resistance of citizens. In a high school, two young, fiery revolutionaries participate in the school election and face off in a fiery joust. Delivered by these adolescent voices that strike at the inertia of adults, jaded, submissive and stuck in ruts, the play gives voice to a generation that is clear-sighted, but convinced, despite everything, that it can change things. The humor of the text mixes with criticism of our society, stupidity, and political blindness in the face of the problems that are piling up. Paquet’s text also won the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2022 and Odile Gamache’s scenography won the Françoise-Graton Prize. A sure bet for teenagers, to see between November 19 and December 7.
On/Off
Presented at the Teen Theater Meeting at the Maison des arts de Laval last spring, On/Off arrives in force in the Maison Théâtre’s fall programming. In a metaphorical, but also and above all very physical, way, the play translates the passage of time, life going on its way and, more precisely, the crossing of adolescence. Installed in turn on a conveyor belt with no other support than their balance, five young people express themselves through dance, their bodies in perpetual movement. Ensuring precise gestures, they execute a choreography that remains subject to the hazards and constraints of this object that passes under their feet. Carried by an incessant rhythm like time moving forward, the belt becomes in a certain way this unpredictable road on which the adolescent advances. Produced by the Grand Poney company directed by the choreographer Jacques Poulin-Denisthe dance show for teenagers — and all adults who feel concerned by the frantic passage of time — will be presented at the Agora de la danse between November 25 and 29.
A cloud in my belly
A brand new creation from the dance company Bouge de là — which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year —, Ua cloud in my belly is a piece about the sometimes strange, complex and contradictory emotions that can disturb the skies of little ones. Choreographed by Audrey Bergeron And Helen Langevinthe wordless dance show will leave all the space to feeling thanks to three performers who will evoke buried emotions. To properly stage and make the sensory experience interesting and enriching for toddlers, the creators went to meet children to “better understand their emotional expression,” we can read on the company’s website. This approach is intended to offer an immersive and personal experience to apprentice spectators. Children aged 4 and up are invited on September 22 to the premiere at Quai 5160 in Montreal. Otherwise, the month of October will be punctuated by other performances.
The musicians of the storm
The Théâtre des Confettis is offering a brand new creation this fall, a play that deals with emotions with poetry and imagination. Inspired by the album The musicians of the stormwritten by Céline Person, illustrated by Juliette Barbanègre and published by Glénat in 2021, the actor and director Maxime Robin combines with the talent of Marianne Marceau and offers children aged 5 to 10 “a journey into the vastness”. While Harold is feeling down, a ball of rage is forming in the pit of his stomach, outside the sky is darkening and the clouds, just like him, are ready to burst. However, a musician who comes out of nowhere invites him to play with him in his opera that is said to be celestial. A musical theatre, the show promises to be promising, poetic and full of imagination. It will first be presented from November 12 to 24 at the Gros Becs theatre in Quebec City, after which the troupe will head to Ottawa in December to return to Montreal, where it will set up shop at the Maison Théâtre in March and April.
Josephine and the grown-ups
From November 21 to 1er December, the Maison Théâtre will host Josephine and the grown-upsa play for young people aged 7 to 14. Set in the reality of children, the proposal bears a timeless and universal subject, that of the relationship between child and adult. The story written by Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon is that of Joséphine, a little girl of great wisdom who shares with a certain Madame Perdue different tips and secrets for living with adults and negotiating the trials, small and large, that family life must face. The intergenerational encounter, the imagination, the mischievousness and the often unsuspected strength of children are part of this beautiful whole staged by Marie-Eve Huotdirector of the theater company Le Carrousel. The play, which is a co-production of the Carrousel, the Théâtre du Bic and the Tréteaux de France, National Drama Center, will also be published by L’Arche from November 11.