The Hardings
By Alexia Bürger | Translated by Alexis Diamond
Running Time:
1 hr 30 min
Characters:
3 M
This translation was made possible by a grant from Canada Council for the Arts.
THE HARDINGS
By Alexia Bürger | Translated by Alexis Diamond
Translated from LES HARDINGS (Quebec, Canada)
“Pure genius – we are dealing with the work of an authentic artist, an artist whose intelligence is matched only by sensitivity” – Le Devoir
“… a perfect mix of intelligence and emotion. At the heart of the show is one of the most delicate questions: when tragedy strikes, who I responsible?” – The Sun
“…an enormously powerful and touching piece… an important theatrical experience…” – Mazrou
A Quebecois railway worker, an American insurance salesman and a New Zealander researcher have the same name: Thomas Harding. On the surface, they have nothing in common. Until one night, a train derails blowing up a city. The invisible tracks that connect these three existences begin to reveal themselves. Inspired by the documentary material, Alexia Boerger questions conformism and the individuals’ responsibility when tragedy strikes.
Les Hardings premiered Centre du Théâtre d’hui (2018). It received the Prix auteur(e) dramatique du CTD’A and was selected by Jury of Grand Prix du livre de Montréal 2019.
This translation was made possible by a grant from Canada Council for the Arts.
LES HARDINGS (2018) | Produced by Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui; Directed by Alexia Bürger;
Dramaturgy by Fanny Britt; Featuring Martin Drainville, Patrice Dubois, Bruno Marcil
Photo Credit: Le Petit russe
About the playwright
ALEXIA BÜRGER
ALEXIA BÜRGER (She, Her, Hers) is a Montreal actor, playwright and director. A long-time accomplice of Olivier Choinière, Alexia co directed Chante avec moi (Espace Libre / Festival TransAmériques / Centre National des Arts / Le Trident) and Polyglotte (Théâtre Aux Écuries / Festival TransAmériques). She co-created Alfred (Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui) with Emmanuel Schwartz. She co created the theatrical ambulatory Je ne m’appartiens plus (Espace Go) with Sophie Cadieux. She has worked on numerous installations combining fictitious and documentary material, visual art and sound research, such as Pensées courantes (Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui lobby over the 2016/2017 season). In 2017, she directed Les barbelés in France (Théâtre La Colline) which was revived in Quebec (Théâtre de Quat’Sous). In 2018, Alexia and collaborator Fanny Britt, won the Jean-Louis Roux Creative Fellowship of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde for writing Lysis.
