Staged Reading: Nous Voir Nous (London, UK)

Staged Reading: Nous Voir Nous (London, UK)

DATES & Times

March 24, 2018, 4 PM
Location: Landor Spaces: 70 Landor Road, London, United Kingdom SW9 9PH
Standard £12 – Concessions £10
Oh Canada F(eh)stival

Location

Landor Spaces: 70 Landor Road, London, United Kingdom SW9 9PH
Standard £12 – Concessions £10

Oh Canada F(Eh)stival
In association with Bouche Theatre Collectve

NOUS VOIR NOUS:
5 Faces of Camille Brunelle

Written by Guillaume Corbeil
Translated into English by Jack Paterson

Who are we? What are we? What defines identity, language, and human interaction in the era of online social networking? Five online personalities create their tastes, their knowledge, and everything what they have seen, thought, experienced or imagined in a battle to define their personalities and place in the world.

Reviews:
“…the highlight of last season…” – Philippe Couture, Voir
“…provocative, compelling…audacious and successful both in form and in content.” – Luc Boulanger, La Presse

“A brilliant text by Guillaume Corbeil…a reflection on our disturbing need for attention, our desire for a stage, our indifference, and especially our solitude .” – Natalia Wysocka, Métro

About The Playwright:
Guillaume Corbeil

Guillaume Corbeil is a leading new voice in Quebecois francophone theatre. In 2008, Guillaume Corbeil published a collection of articles entitled L’art de la fugue (Éditions La Instant), which was a Governor General’s awards finalist and recipient of the Adrienne-Choquette award. In September 2009, he published his first novel, Pleurer comme dans les films (Leméac). In 2010, commissioned by Libre Expression, he wrote Brassard, a biography of acclaimed director André Brassard. In 2011, he graduated from the French language writing program at The National Theatre School of Canada. Since then he has written for the stage Le Mécanicien, Tu iras la chercher and Nous voir nous. His work has been seen at Espace Go and Theatre d’aujourd’hui. He was awarded the Critics ‘ Prize for the Best New Play, the Prix Michel Tremblay and the audience choice Primers Festival in Saarbrücken, Germany.

About the Play:

“Social Media is such a rich subject. This network requires us to ask ourselves fundamental questions about our society: what exists? Where do we exist? Who are we? It’s also a piece on the loss of the language; we communicates on Facebook by clicking “like” and exchanging YouTube videos! We “like”, but have nothing to say and define ourselves through the words of others.” – Guillaume Corbeil

Production & Awards:
2013:
– Théâtre PàP, Directed by Claude Poison and was presented at the National Arts Centre (Ottawa)
– Espace Go (Montréal)
– Théâtre de la Manufacture (Avignon)
– The Primeurs Festival (Saarbrücken, GER)

2014:
– Theater der Jungen Welt (Leipzig, GER) under the title Man sieht sich, translated by Frank Heibert 

Awards:
Prix Michel-Tremblay (Montreal, CAN)
Le Prix De La Critique: Outstanding New Text (Montreal, CAN)
Audience Choice Award, Primeurs Festival (Saarbrücken, Germany)

Translation Workshop: Nous voir nous

Translation Workshop: Nous voir nous

BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective & Ruby Slippers Theatre present
Ta Gueule Translation Workshop & Reading Series
In Association with PTC

West Coast English Language Premiere
NOUS VOIR NOUS
By Guillaume Corbeil
Translated by Jack Paterson
Dramaturged & Directed by Heidi Taylor

Featuring Trisha Li, Sarah Roa, Kacey Rohl, Sean Patrick Sonier & Deneh Thompson

“I’m not who you think I am, I’m just me”

Five young people reveal their lives and relationships though a series of social networking websites. Scene after scene, they shape and reshape their identities, each seeking to prove their own uniqueness.

1h30

WHEN
May 30, 2016
3 PM

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The Team

About The Playwright: Guillaume Corbeil

In 2008, Guillaume Corbeil published a collection of short stories entitled L’art de la fugue (éditions L’Instant Même) that was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and recipient of the prix Adrienne-Choquette. In 2009, he published his first novel, Pleurer comme dans les films published by Leméac then in 2010 for Libre Expression, he wrote Brassard, a biography of the famous Director André Brassard. In 2011, he completed his training in playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada. Since then, he has written for the stage Le Mécanicien, Tu iras la chercher, Unité modèle – which will be presented in 2016 Centre du théâtre d’aujourd’hui. Nous voir nous produced in 2013 by Pap theatre under the title Cinq visages pour Camille Brunelle and presented at Espace Go in Montréal, at the Théâtre de la Manufacture in Avignon and at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The play has been awarded le prix de la critique for Outstanding New Text, le prix Michel-Tremblay and the audience award at the Primeurs Festival in Saarbrücken, Germany. In September 2014, it was produced in German, at the Theater der Jungen Welt, Leipzig.

About the Translator: Jack Paterson

Jack is an award winning director, dramaturge, actor and theatre creator whose work and study has taken across Canada and around the world.  His work has ranged from contemporary devising, cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary projects to main stage and classical theatre.  Some favorite credits include the directing the devised projects Wasting Time (Bali, IND) and Odyssey (London, UK), the site specific The Women of Troy (Canadian Stage) and F. Garcia Lorca’s The Love of Don Perlimplin (Shaw Festival). His work has been nominated for over twenty Jessie Richardson Awards including four for Outstanding Direction and two for Outstanding Production.  He is a recipient of The Ray Michal Outstanding Body of Work Award.

About The Dramaturge: Heidi Taylor

Heidi is a Vancouver-based dramaturg, director and performer. She moved into the role of Artistic and Executive Director of PTC (Playwright’s Theatre Centre), after serving as Dramaturg for 7 years. She has dramaturged plays from across the country in the annual PTC Writers Colony, and works closely with the six resident PTC Associates. She also co-created and produced cross-disciplinary projects with Proximity Arts from 2003-2011, including Susan Elliott and Tanya Marquardt’s sited dance piece, Mal de mer, an audio walking PodPlay, and the interactive sound installation antic. Heidi holds an MFA from Simon Fraser University, where she taught intro acting for eleven years.

About The Actors: Trisha Li

Trisha Li is currently a fourth year Theatre Performance student at SFU, and hopes to continue acting after graduation. Her love for the performing arts began at the age of 11, when her mom registered her for drama classes at Carousel Theatre to help bring her out of her shell. Despite the fact that Trisha was always the shy quiet Asian girl in the class, her love for acting grew as it became an avenue of expression and imagination. As a teenager, she was acting both inside and outside of her high school, with Vancouver Youth Theatre and Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts. Presently, Trisha is interning at Playwrights Theatre Centre and is working alongside the PTC team in making their Unscripted series come alive.

 

About The Actors: Kacey Rohl

Primarily a film and television actor, Kacey is thrilled to be back in the place where it all began– the theatre! She was quoting Shakespeare at 4 and had a director for a father and a playwright for a mother, so the deck was kind of stacked as they say! A breakout role on AMC’s THE KILLING, working with Catherine Hardwicke’s in RED RIDING HOOD, and a comedic turn in the Canadian/ American co-pro sitcom WORKING THE ENGELS are among the standout roles in Rohl’s young career. She’s currently dividing her time between Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto, where she’s shooting season 3 of Bryan Fuller’s series HANNIBAL for NBC. She’s excited to be working with such a stellar group of young actors & would like to thank BoucheWHACKED! and Heidi Taylor for the stellar opportunity. 

About The Actors: Sarah Roa

Sarah Roa is an emerging artist based in Vancouver. She is alumni of the theatre program at both UBC and Douglas College. A few of her past productions include: Mis Papas (Rice & Beans Theatre), Mr. Marmalade (Latchkey Co-op), Ubu Roi (UBC Theatre), Caucasian Chalk Circle (UBC Theatre), and Twelfth Night (Douglas College). To those reading this, thank you for your support. You are all beautiful human beings!

 

About The Actors: Sean Patrick Sonier

Sean Patrick Sonier is a recent Studio 58 graduate who has travelled all the way from New Brunswick to reside in the vibrant city of Vacouver. He did however make a quick stopover in Ontario to receive a B.A. Specialization in Theatre with a minor in Arts Administration at the University of Ottawa. Sean is a recipient of the Lloyd Nicholson Memorial Scholarship and The Jennifer Wade Family Endowed Fund Scholarship. Select past credits include: Elbow Room Café: The Musical Phase 1 (Zee Zee Theatre), Oklahoma, Kosmic Mambo (Studio 58), Cinderella: an East Van Panto (Theatre Replacement), And Treat the Distant People with Kindness (Les Ateliers du Corps), A Report to an Academy (Glassiano Productions), Médée-Matériau (Théâtre la Licorne), Don’t Blame the Bedouins (Drama Guild). 

About The Actors: Deneh’Cho Thompson

Deneh’Cho Thompson (Dene) is an aspiring director, actor and playwright based in Vancouver. In 2009 Deneh co-founded workingclasstheatre, an indie theatre company dedicated to producing new works, providing training opportunities and showcasing the work of emerging artists. workingclasstheatre has had the pleasure of growing up in the emerging artist community alongside Resounding Scream Theatre, rice&beans Theatre, SHIFT Perfoming Arts Society, and others.

 Since 2009 Deneh has been developing an artistic practice that uses devised theatre as it’s principal component. Deneh’s recent directing credits include The Dudes of My Life, a devised piece, and The Governor of the Dew, by Floyd Favel.

 In his final year of the BFA in Theatre Performance program at Simon Fraser University, Deneh’s research is focused primarily on issues of representation and audience in Aboriginal theatre.