French

with, among others Guy MIGNAULT · Louisette DUSSAULT
Marcelo ARROYO and Sara SIMARD
directed by Jacinthe POTVIN

a COPRODUCTION of THÉÂTRE LA RUBRIQUE,
THÉÂTRE DU TANDEM and THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO


Presented with English surtitles on February 26 and 27 (Première), March 4, 6 and 7 at 8pm and March 7 at 3:30pm


OSCILLATING BETWEEN FAMILY DRAMA AND A COMEDY OF MANNERS, A North-Facing House takes on some serious subjects, such as the rural exodus, the integration of immigrants, and generational conflict, all of which are dramatized with the author’s humour spicing up the text. Between a son pursued for money laundering, a young Guatemalan worker, and an elderly Pole, a man in his twilight years (played by Guy Mignault) feels at a dead end despite the kindness and good sense of his wife (played by Louisette Dussault). He sees the heritage that he created and the country of his dreams inexorably losing its sense and future. Far from witnessing the collapse of a microscopic world, something quite different happens, which allows us to tackle questions of spirituality confronting today’s reality. Jean-Rock Gaudreault, whose work TfT first presented in 1999 with La Raccourcie, has since become a definite pillar of Canadian francophone theatre.





surtitled performances in red


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