L’ombre

A collective work directed by Marie Brassard

2023-09-28 19:30 2023-09-30 21:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: L’ombre

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/34100

In-person event

The art of acting is layered with mystery. Actors make a profession of embodying others. The first thing they do is leave themselves behind in the dressing room in order to channel themselves, body and voice, into the spirit of fictitious beings.  Marie Brassard’s approach is rooted in her unshakeable faith in the creative power of the actor. For L’ombre, at the invitation of Mani Soleymanlou, she has brought together nine luminous performers, all recent theatre school...

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
September 28 - 30, 2023
September 28 - 30, 2023
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“Giving shape to the invisible”
  • In-person event
  • Français
  • ≈ 1 hour and 20 minutes · No intermission
Ottawa Premiere NAC Co-production

The art of acting is layered with mystery. Actors make a profession of embodying others. The first thing they do is leave themselves behind in the dressing room in order to channel themselves, body and voice, into the spirit of fictitious beings. 

Marie Brassard’s approach is rooted in her unshakeable faith in the creative power of the actor. For L’ombre, at the invitation of Mani Soleymanlou, she has brought together nine luminous performers, all recent theatre school graduates, and assembled a team of outstanding designers. She guides them on an exhilarating theatrical adventure through the imaginary dimensions of the stage, of stories, and of existence. 

In a century that sometimes overvalues clarity, precision and beliefs, this show is a tribute to ambiguity, uncertainty and doubt. Marie Brassard has offered this promising collective a rich exploration space where ideas and images can emerge, free and unfettered, gradually shaping a parallel universe. 

And though this quest is driven by the vigorous experience of youth, the journey may ultimately produce a mythology rich in divinities and chimeras that leads us back to the living source of the oldest stories. For throughout the ages, theatre is that shadowy territory where spectres, dreams and impossibilities speak again and return our gaze. 

Click here to learn more about Marie Brassard and the Collective. 

Mani invites Marie
On Thursday September 28, starting at 6pm, Mani Soleymanlou with speak with Marie Brassard at the NAC Peter A. Herrndorf Place, as part of the Grandes rencontres du Théâtre français. All are welcome! 


 

Artists

  • marie-brassard-minelly-kamemura
    Direction Marie Brassard
  • elodie
    Cast Élodie Bégin
  • samuel
    Cast Samuel Boulianne
  • marion
    Cast Marion Daigle
  • ahlam
    Cast Ahlam Gholami
  • Cast Stella Lemaine
  • cassandre
    Cast Cassandre Loiselle
  • charles-olivier
    Cast Charles-Olivier Maltais
  • david
    Cast David Noël
  • kevin
    Cast Kevin Pereira
  • Conceived and directed by Marie Brassard
  • Original production by: Collectif 2023
  • With Élodie Bégin, Samuel Boulianne, Marion Daigle, Ahlam Gholami, Stella Lemaine, Cassandre Loiselle, Charles-Olivier Maltais, David Noël and Kevin Pereira
  • Dramaturg Daniel Canty
  • Assistant director Louis-Philippe Lussier
  • Sets Antonin Sorel
  • Lighting Paul Chambers
  • Music Alexander MacSween
  • Sound Annie Préfontaine and Christophe St-Denis
  • Costumes  Julie Méalin
  • Production manager and technical director (original production) Romane Bocquet 
  • Production manager (Théâtre du Rideau Vert) Guy Côté
  • Technical director (Théâtre du Rideau Vert) Alexandre Michaud
  • Executive producer Théâtre du Rideau Vert
  • Co-producers NAC French Theatre and Théâtre du Rideau Vert, in collaboration with Infrarouge