Français, 1h15
NO ADMITTANCE
After two pieces that established her reputation as an outstanding figure
in contemporary art, Marie Brassard has ventured once again into the realm
of the intimate and the forbidden, exploring social taboos and parallel worlds
and realities, examining the invisible frontiers that keep us separate and
apart, for we are, after all, irrevocably alone. What do we really know about
those we are close to and think we understand? What do we know about their
thoughts, their secret desires? Words can never adequately describe what we
endeavour to express. We thus cannot establish true contact with others or
reveal the beastly side we all conceal. Accompanied by musician Alexander
MacSween she becomes transformed, exploring the possibilities of sound design
and transmuting technology as a means of giving vibrant expression to the
multiple, secret voices of the soul. This is a poetic likeness from the other
side of the looking glass that unveils that which cannot otherwise be expressed,
but which the theatre allows us to glimpse.
INFRAROUGE
Montréal
Written, directed and performed by
MARIE BRASSARD
Dramaturge
Daniel Canty
Soundscape, music and performance
Alexander MacSween
Set Design
Simon Guilbault
Coproducers
Festival de théâtre des Amériques
Harbourfront Centre
Berliner Festspiele
Wiener Festwochen
Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts
Spielzeiteuropa/ Berliner Festpiele
This play benefited from a residency at Usine C in 2004.
CINQUIÈME SALLE
Place des Arts¸
30, 31 mai - 1er, 2 juin