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Encounter/ Rencontre: Guillaume Corbeil, Playwright

Encounter/ Rencontre: Guillaume Corbeil, Playwright

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Encounter/ Rencontre: Guillaume Corbeil, Playwright

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.

Guest Translation Workshop: The Crow

Guest Translation Workshop: The Crow

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

English Language Premiere
The Crow
By Lise Vaillancourt
Translated by Maureen Labonté
Directed by Diane Brown*

Featuring:
Sarah Roa, France Perras* & Anna Hagan*

A very funny comedy with great heart, The Crow is about mothers and daughters, about dependence and independence, and reflects on our changing roles as we age, the elasticity of love, and the temporal, circuitous journey of life.

1h 10

WHEN
May 31, 2016
2 PM

TICKETS
Pay What You Can
at the Door

About the playwright: Lise Vaillancourt

Playwright and novelist, Lise Vaillancourt has written fifteen plays. She was noticed for “Marie-Antoine, opus 1”, “Billy Strauss” and  “Journal d'une obsédée”. Her second novel, “L'Été des eiders” and her work for children, “La Balade de Fannie et Carcassonne” and “Le Petit Dragon” earned her GG Award nominations. She wrote two pieces for acrobatic theatre, “lili” and “Moi moi moi”that toured in Europe, Asia & the USA. “Le case L'Affaire Dumouchon” was presented at La Licorne and “Une histoire pour Édouard” in colaboration with le Théâtre des confettis and Les Exilés de la lumière and Espace libre.  She was writer in residence at the  Banff Centre, the Festival International des Francophonies in Limousin and La Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon. She was a leading figure with Théâtre Expérimental des Femmes (TEF), a founder of Espace Go and Artisti Director of  Théâtre de la Ville Longueuil for 9 years.  In the 2000s, she has served as an expert to the Commission Internationale du Théâtre francophone (CITF). She is currently President of the Centre des auteurs dramatiques.

Bio from www.cead.qu.ca and translated by Jack Paterson

About the translator: Maureen Labonté

Maureen Labonté is a dramaturge, translator, and teacher. She has also coordinated a number of play development programs in theatres and playwrights’ centres across the country. In 2006, she was named head of program for the Banff Playwrights Colony at the Banff Centre. She was dramaturge at the Colony from 2003–2005. She was also Literary Manager in charge of play development at the Shaw Festival from 2002–2004. Previous to that, she worked at the National Theatre School of Canada, first developing and running a pilot directing program and then coordinating the playwrighting programme and playwrights’ residency. She still teaches at NTS.

Mauren has translated more than thirty Quebec plays into English. Recent translations include: The Bookshop by Marie-Josée Bastien, Everybody’s WELLES pour tous by Patrice Dubois and Martin Labreque, and The Tailor’s Will by Michel Ouellette. She will soon be starting work on: Wigwam by Jean-Frédéric Messier and Bienvenue à (une ville dont vous êtes le touriste) by Olivier Choinière.

About Ruby Slippers Theatre

ruby-slippers-theatre_ruby-slippers.jpg_20091209141419Multi award-winning Ruby Slippers Theatre has had a fantastic 2014/15 season that includes the critically acclaimed productions of The Duchess a.k.a. Wallis Simpson, After Me (Après Moi) and The List. Other recent hits: Communion, A Beautiful View and Hotel Bethlehem. RST produces, creates and presents provocative text-based theatre from the vanguard of the English and French Canadian canon. Our work illuminates diverse perspectives and social issues, inspiring independent critical thought and communion. 

Ruby Slippers Theatre’s legacy includes 3 national tours and 8 full-length original works. Over the last 10 years alone they have garnered 31 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations including twice for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production, and 12 Awards. Diane Brown is the Artistic Director.

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*Artist appears courtesy of Canadian Actors Equity Association

Image courtesy of June Hunter Images (http://www.junehunter.com)

Age of Minority: 3 Solo Plays by Jordan Tannahill

Age of Minority: 3 Solo Plays by Jordan Tannahill

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The Governor General’s Award Play Project
In association with Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival & The National Arts Centre of Canada

AGE OF MINORITY: 3 SOLO PLAYS BY JORDAN TANNAHILL

Directed by Jack Paterson

The National Arts Centre, The Fourth Stage (Ottawa, Canada)

Bringing emerging theatre artists from across the country in staged readings of the nation’s leading works.

“Jordan Tannahill’s Age of Minority is rife with vivid and fragile characters, and includes trailblazing storytelling. His unlikely heroes demonstrate the power of youth and love in a hostile world. He is an exciting and courageous voice of our time who gives us a collection full of imaginative and playful imagery.” – Governor General’s Awards Jury Statement

AGE OF MINORITY: 3 SOLO PLAYS BY JORDAN TANNAHILL

Get Yourself Home Skyler James

The harrowing journey of a young lesbian who defects from the army when she is outed by fellow soldiers. Based on a true story.

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A Toronto teen’s world comes crashing in when YouTube videos of him dancing to songs by his favourite pop heroine go viral.

Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes

The last hour in the life of Peter Fechter, a teenager in East Berlin shot while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall in 1962 with his companion.

CREATIVE TEAM

Featuring Julian Legere, Pippa Johnstone, Adam Pierre and Brian Postalian

Directed and Produced by Jack Paterson
Executive Producer Donna Wong-Juliani

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Main Stage: Après Moi & The List (2015)

Main Stage: Après Moi & The List (2015)

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Ruby_PuSh_Ad_printCELEBRATE CRUCIAL NEW VOICES FROM QUEBEC IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION!

Ruby Slippers Theatre presents
In association with BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective

Après Moi & The List
January 27-February 1, 2015
Studio 16
1555 West 7th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC

“Intimacy, loss, and the tenuous thread of our connection to others are the themes that infuse this ambitious and beautifully realized double bill of translated French-Canadian works.”

“Under Jack Paterson’s direction, France Perras is a marvel of containment, reciting household tasks with the hauteur and grace of a beneficent queen. When she finally allows her grief some release, it’s heartbreaking.” – The Georgia Straight

“Poetically scripted and compellingly executed, Après Moi and The List will give you some­thing to think and hope­fully talk about.”

“A stunning examination of obsession and guilt, love and family, friendship and sacrifice…Evocative set design and dra­matic light­ing com­pli­ment a pow­er­ful per­for­mance by Perras.” – SadMag.ca

To purchase tickets visit Brown Paper Tickets or call 1.800.838.3006.
For more info: rubyslippers.ca

ART_Apres4_2459Après Moi
Written by Christian Bégin, Translated by Leanna Brodie | ​Featuring Scott Bellis, David Bloom, Jennifer Lines, Chirag Naik and Dawn Petten | Directed by Diane Brown | Set and Lights by John Webber | Costumes by Drew Facey | Sound by Mishelle Cuttler

Après Moi is six versions of the same story, six ways of experiencing the same moment with increasing intimacy. It’s also a chance to see five of Vancouver’s best actors deliver performances laced with sincerity and absolute precision. An examination of loneliness, this play explores our ever more distant connections to others, emphasizing the transformational power of human relationships, all with a strong dose of black humour.

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Written by Jennifer Tremblay, Translated by Shelley Tepperman | Featuring France Perras | Directed by Jack Paterson | Set and Lights by John Webber | Costumes by Drew Facey | Sound by Mishelle Cuttler

A woman invites us into her kitchen. Her neighbour is dead. Is she culpable for the death? The woman, who prides herself on never letting anything slip by, has overlooked an item on her list. A riveting tale of everyday to-do lists in which the essential and the ordinary are inextricably entwined.

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Odyssey

Odyssey

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Bouche Theatre Collectve in association with East 15 Actine School & University of Essex

INTERNATIONAL DEVISED CREATION

ODYSSEY

Inspired by the poem by Homer
Devised and Created by the International Ensemble
Conceived of & Directed by Jack Paterson
The Corbett Theatre (London, UK)

“…an astonishing show!”
Simon Usher, Director (RSC, Royal Court, The Print Room)

“…an impressive production of a complex text, delivered with tremendous skill and polish.”
Stephen Unwin, Artistic Director (The Rose Theatre)

Odysseus’ epic journey home from the ashes of Troy. After ten years at war, a man is lost, wandering the ocean, pursued by the vengeful storm god Poseidon in a desperate quest to return home in a tale of heroes, gods and monsters in a fusion of dance, song, movement, found object puppetry and poetry.

CREATIVE TEAM
Featuring: Allegra Ceccarelli, Ivan Comisso, Connor Eastmon, Ming Hudson, Alariza Nevarez, Ruth Tinker, Luna Tosin and Timothy Vest

Set and Costume Designed by Mila Sanders | Sound Design by Sean Evans

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Translation Workshop: Child Object

Translation Workshop: Child Object

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” …Tremblay’s pen, sometimes crying out, sometimes whispering, is always poetic and full of life, death, and music.”  – François Dallaire, Être en ligne

TA GUEULE STAGED READING SERIES
Contemporary works in translation from across Canada.

English Language Premiere
CHILD OBJECT (L’ENFANT MATIÈRE)
By Larry Tremblay
Translated by Chantal Bilodeau
Directed by Gilles Poulin-Denis  

Featuring Art Kitching 

With child as a blank page, a man sets about constructing his ideal companion manipulating personality, gender and body. The child becomes the ultimate consumer good.

Tickets:
Pay What You Can at the Door

Where:

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The Cultch:
The Vancity Culture Lab, 1895 Venables St

Special Thanks to:

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