Marie-Ève Milot & Marie-Claude St-Laurent are the Artistic Directors of Théâtre de l’Affamée. Mandated to invest in a (re) new Feminist/feminine theatre, they create complex characters that can be identified outside the binary mode of gender, question normativity and provoke new possibilities. Active members of Femmes pour l’Équité en Théâtre (F.E.T.), they co-wrote the Jeu magazine cry t action, addressing the under-representation of women in theatre, and created reference documents for students and faculty about the under-representation of women and the systems that marginalize them. They have written 8 works together including Cour à scrap – Portrait d’une famille reconstituée, Débranchée (Unplugged) (shortlisted for the prix Louise-LaHaye 2017) and Guérilla de l’ordinaire, (shortlisted for the prix Michel-Tremblay 2020). Their essay La coalition de la robe, co-written with Marie-Claude Garneau, was published in Editions du remue-ménage in 2017. Théâtre de l’Affamée
A Glimpse into New Translation: Still Life
A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE IS A DIFFERENT VISION OF LIFE
A glimpse into
new translation
Join us online for our English language new translation development workshop series.
Discover the leading new works of francophone Canadian theatre, meet the playwrights and their translators, and play a part in the new translation process.
FREE EVENT
DATE
Sunday, November 22, 2020
TIME
PT (Vancouver): 12PM
MT (Calgary): 1PM
CT (Regina): 2PM
ET (Montreal): 3PM
AT (Halifax): 4PM
GMT/ WET (London UK): 20:00 hrs
CET (Berlin EU): 21:00 hrs
RUNNING TIME
2 hrs 15 min
Including Intermission
In Association with Ruby Slippers Theatre
& The Canadian Play Thing
STILL LIFE
By Marie-Ève Milot & Marie-Claude St-Laurent
Translated by Rhiannon Collett
Translated from Chienne(s) (Quebec, Canada)
“…this show crystallizes the revival of Quebec’s feminist theatre, it is a vibrant homage to art, to a woman’s place to challenge everything, to turn it all upside down, to come out from the shadows to the light, from death to life, from imprisonment to freedom.” – Le Devoir
On her 30th birthday a woman locks herself in her apartment. Paralysed by fear, she examines the shards of her life in a poetic and raw portrait of anxiety disorders and their causes. Created with extensive research with le Centre d’études sur le stress humain, Chienne(s) was produced by Théâtre de l’Affamée and presented in residency by le Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui.
Join us after the reading for a conversation with the playwrights and translator.
Featuring: Allison Basha, Leanna Brodie, Eric Davis, Christine Quintana & Anthony Santiago
This translation and workshop were made possible by grants from Canada Council for the Arts. Artists appear courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the Dance Opera Theatre Agreement. This project is produced with the co-operation of the UBCP/ACTRA.
Chienne(s) was produced by Théâtre de l’Affamée and presented by le Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui. (2018),
Photo by Dominic LaChance
Meet our Playwrights & Translator
About the playwrights
Marie-Ève Milot
(Elle)
Since graduating l’École de théâtre du Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe, Marie-Eve Milot has been deeply involved in the theatre world. As an actress, she has collaborated with Hugo Bélanger (Princess Turandot, Pinocchio, Peter et Alice), Marc Beaupré (Ce samedi il pleuvait), Serge Denoncourt (Thérèse et Pierrette à l’École des Saints-Anges), Geneviève L. Blais (Si les oiseaux, Local B-1717) and Sébastien David Scratch. She was seen le Petit Théâtre de La Colline in Paris, in Les barbelés by Annick Lefebvre, staged by Alexia Boerger, and then remounted the show at the Théâtre de Quat’Sous. She can be seen on large and small screen (Les pays d’en haut, 5e rang).
Marie-Claude St-Laurent
(Elle)
Marie-Claude St-Laurent is an actor, author, feminist activist, co-editor of La Nef aux Éditions du remue-ménage. On the small screen, she was seen in the popular youth show Vrak La vie and is more recently as a cast member in L’écrivain public III and des Sioui-Bacon V. On stage, she produced Guérilla de l’ordinaire, Chienne(s), Toc Toc, Grease and Aller chercher demain. A member of the steering committee of Espace Go, and collaborated in the research study conducted by the RéQEF.
About the translator
Rhiannon Collett
(They, Them, Theirs)
Rhiannon Collett (they/them) is an award-winning non-binary playwright, performer, director and translator based in Vancouver. They are interested in interdisciplinary creation processes, sexual labour, gender performativity and science fiction. Their works include Miranda & Dave Begin Again, Wasp, Tragic Queens, and The Kissing Game, an urban fantasy revenge drama that explores love, betrayal, friendship and identity commissioned by Youtheatre (Montreal) and Young People’s Theatre (Toronto). It won the Montreal English Theatre Award for Outstanding New Text.
Rhiannon’s work has been presented internationally at the LungA festival in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, and at the Festival les Petites Formes in Fort-de-France, Martinique. Last year they were artist-in-residence at the Mauser Eco House in Costa Rica, and the Performing Arts Forum in St. Erme, France. www.rhiannoncollett.com
Meet the workshop team
Allison Basha (She, Her, Hers) *
Allison (a proud Newfoundlander based in Toronto) is a performer, creator, talent coordinator, and teacher. Credits include: Flying Hearts (Theatre Direct), Newfie Electra (TIFT), This Is Nowhere (Zuppa Theatre co.). Allison trained at East 15 and Dal Theatre. She is the recipient of ‘Best Supporting Actor’ by Joyful Magpies’ Best of Fredericton Theatre.
www.allisonbasha.com
Leanna Brodie (She, Her, Hers) *
Leanna Brodie is a Jessie-nominated actor (for Pi Theatre’s Terminus and Théâtre la Seizieme’s Bonjour, là, bonjour); an Artistic Associate of Ruby Slippers Theatre; and an MFA candidate at the University of Calgary. She is currently co-writing Salesman in China with Jovanni Sy and translating several new Québec plays. www.leannabrodie.com
Eric Davis (He, Him, His) *
Eric’s a Montreal known for his work in theatre, film, tv, voice-over, and video games. Noteworthy credits include Roland Emmerich’s WWII film MIDWAY; NAC’s production of Tartuffe (adapted by Andy Jones with CODCO members); short film REST STOP, based on Stephen King’s story, for which he won the El Paso Film Festival Best Actor Award. He’s a singer songwriter and performs with the band Summersett.
Christine Quintana (She, Her, Hers) *
Christine is an actor, playwright, and co-artistic director of Delinquent Theatre, based on unceded Coast Salish Territory.
Anthony Santiago (He, Him, His) *
Anthony’s selected theatre credits include: Best of Enemies (Pacific Theatre), Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach), Company (Raincity Theatre), Sweat (The Arts Club/The Citadel Theatre), Dear Elizabeth (Wunderdog Theatre) Superior Donuts (Ensemble Theatre Company), True West (Sonderhouse Productions). Special love and thanks to his family, friends, Nya-Manet, James and AKC.
Guest Dramaturg: Diane Brown (She, Her, Hers)
Diane is a multi award-winning director, actor, and Artistic Director of Ruby Slippers Theatre (RST). In 2017, she received the prestigious Bra D’Or Award from Playwrights Guild of Canada and was a 2018 Nominee for the Women of Distinction Awards, in recognition of her years of empowering the voices of diverse female-identifying artists. She and RST earned the reputation as Vancouver’s finest producers of crucial Quebec works in English, translations commissioned by RST. Diane has a BFA from SFU and an MFA in Directing from UBC.
Creative Producer: Jack Paterson (He, Him, his)
Jack is an award winning theatre maker whose work and practice has taken him across Canada, UK, EU and around the world. Work has ranged from devising creation, multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and multi-ligual projects to new works & texts, contemporary approaches to classical theatre. www.jackpatersontheatre.com
* Artists appear courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the Dance Opera Theatre Agreement and the UBCP/ACTRA ULB Agreement.
About our Partners
About Ruby Slippers Theatre
Ruby Slippers Theatre imagines a world where diversity is celebrated through a deeper understanding of each other. www.rubyslippers.ca
About The Canadian Play Thing
The Canadian Play Thing is a playwright-centred virtual theatre that shares live readings of new and under-produced Canadian plays online. The goal is to support and celebrate the work of playwrights, and to connect our theatre family across the country. Artists and audiences around the world are welcome. www.plaything.ca
Resources: Francophone Canadian Theatre
About Centre des auteurs dramatique
An association of authors serving authors, CEAD is a centre for the support, promotion and dissemination of French-language dramaturgy here. It occupies a unique place both in terms of the number of authors it brings together and the objectives of quality and innovation it pursues. www.cead.qc.ca
About Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal
Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal is a new creation development centre. PWM gives artists the opportunity to create and experiment, dream and take risks, fail and try again. Our dynamic collaborative process draws on our team’s unique expertise and is tailored to the artist’s individual needs. At PWM, playwrights, dramaturgs, translators, directors, performance artists, and theatre companies across the country find a creative accomplice willing to invest deeply in the development of meaningful work. www.playwrights.ca
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