Théâtre le Clou (Montréal)
Directed by Monique GOSSELIN
Actor, director, and playwright, Monique Gosselin has directed Les Zurbains for the past several years. She is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Théâtre Le Clou.
Les Zurbains 2011
November 16, 2011 at 7 PM
Description
Les Zurbains is one of the must-see shows of the season. A collection of stories written in French by young teens from Ontario and Québec, this show is an expressive platform dedicated to them.
After receiving their texts, a jury selects some of these budding writers for participation in a rewriting workshop.
Then, Monique Gossiping and Théâtre Le Clou choose five of the stories and bring them to life onstage in Les Zurbains.
Still being written, it is difficult to predict exactly what this show will be like. Let's instead recall the ingenuity of previous versions:
A man, falling out of the sky, settling his final scores in suspense before a landing on Toronto soil, returned tirelessly between each tale. He floated between the stories. Each one more poignant than the last, allowing us to catch our breath between the reject, the crazy one, and the girl “with the rotten bones”.
This disarming show rendered the critics speechless. This new vintage will certainly also be as rich in discoveries and insights!
Biographies
PLAYWRIGHTS: Safa Abdel Rahman (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN Toronto), Dany Boudreault (PROFESSIONAL AUTHOR), Emma Champagne (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN Québec CITY), Sabrine Maaz (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN Montréal) and Gabriella Peguero-Rodriguez (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN Ottawa)
Photos
Les Zurbains 2011
Playwright: Fakebook, by Safa Abdel Rahman (Toronto), Trembler comme les vieilles personnes, by Dany Boudreault (professional author), La Dissection, by Emma Champagne (Québec), Nanique, by Sabrine Maaz (Montréal), La Familia, by Gabriella Peguero-Rodriguez (Ottawa)
A production by Théâtre le CLou. Directed by Monique Gosselin.
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Press kit
Critiques
Les Zurbains 2011 — November 16, 2011
« Colorés, sensibles, vivants, touchants, drôles, tous les contes, portés par de talentueux jeunes comédiens, se démarquent de superbe façon, tout en étant étrangement bien liés les uns aux autres, notamment grâce à l'omniprésence de la pop culture, et ce, jusque dans la scéno de Josée Bergeron-Proulx... » Lire l'article
David LEFEBVRE, Montheatre.qc.ca
« De la comédie, du dramatique et aussi du surréaliste » Lire l'article
Guillaume GARCIA, L'Express de Toronto, 15 novembre 2011