Théâtre de la Vieille 17

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Parole d’eau

They are two friends, Mamby and Hélène: one lives in Senegal, the other in Canada. What they have in common is that their feet burn: one on the hot sand, the other in her winter boots. What differentiates them is that one lives in the abundance of water, rubbing shoulders with snow and ice, while the other fetches drinking water by carrying it in her basins.

“MAMBY: I think that water transmits everything we say. Water hears all languages. »

This precious liquid, which is missing in many places, is the main character of this show. Before our eyes, Hélène and Mamby give life and voice to the different forms that water can take: spring water, well water, dirty water, rainwater… They express the challenges, fears, frustrations and concerns that they have to face when they come up against the absence or overabundance of water. They take us from Africa from the Sahel to North America.

For ages 6 and up.

Text, direction and acting: Mamby Mawine (ex Patricia Gomis) and Hélène Ducharme

Compagnie Djamara (Sénégal), Théâtre Motus (Montréal) et Dramane Dembélé

Cohosted by VOX Théâtre and Théâtre de la Vieille 17

Text, direction and acting: Mamby Mawine (ex Patricia Gomis) and Hélène Ducharme

Music: Dramane Dembélé

Puppets and accessories: Jean Cummings and Claude Rodrigue

Earth and Water Character: Alessandro Fanni

Costumes: Valentina Sartori

Management and technical direction: to be confirmed

Lights: Jérôme Bérubé

Dramaturgical advisor: Jennifer Tremblay

Participation in the creation of Koffi Mens: Isabelle Chrétien and Claudine Rivest

Thanks to Ramatoulaye Marone, Ramata Fanni, Pauline Tine, Olivier Guillochon and his family

50 minutes

Post-show discussions on November 1, 2 and 3, 2023.

Snack offered.

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M’appelle Mohamed Ali

A group of black performers take over the stage like Muhammad Ali took over the ring: flying like a butterfly and stinging like a bee. Boxing is a wonderful metaphor for the fight of Black people, both in a fight for equality in a white society and in the fight of any racialized actor or actress to increasingly take their place. and his freedom on Quebec stages. Armed with the sharp language of the immense Congolese author Dieudonné Niangouna, energized by the explosive gestures of the choreographer Claudia Chan Tak, the cast brilliantly imposes the unity of a black presence and its plurality of cultures, generations and backgrounds. .

An actor prepares to enter the stage to play the role of MohamedAli, recounting his fights, those of the boxer, such as his victory against George Foreman in Kinshasa in 1974, but especially those of the political activist, including his refusal to go fighting in Vietnam – a soliloquy which constantly brings the actor back to his own condition.

By making this monologue a story of several voices, the questions, lived experiences and actions recounted there take on a powerful collective magnitude. In turn and in a spirit of unity, the bodies find themselves crossed by the actor, by Ali and by life in Quebec.

This performance is in French with English surtitles on the 3:00 PM show of April 6th, 2024.

Text: Dieudonné Niangouna

Directed by: Philippe Racine and Tatiana Zinga Botao

A production of the Théâtre de La Sentinelle, in co-production with the Théâtre de Quat’Sous and the Festival TransAmériques.

Hosted by Théâtre de la Vieille 17

Author: Dieudonné Niangouna

Directed by: Philippe Racine and Tatiana Zinga Botao

Performers: Oumy Dembele, Vlad Alexis, Lyndz Dantiste, Martin-David Peters, Franck Sylvestre, Rodley Pitt, Widemir Normil, Philippe Racine

Assistance with direction and management: Delphine Rochefort

Scenography: Marie-Ève Fortier

Costumes, makeup and hairstyles: Ange Blédja Kouassi

Lighting: Valérie Bourque

Sound design: Elena Stoodley

Movement advice: Claudia Chan Tak

Production management and tour management: Mathilde Boudreau and Juliette Farcy

Technical direction: Valérie Bourque

Technical direction of creation: Jean Duchesneau

Creation production direction: Martin Émond

Assistance with direction and creative management: Jasmine Kamruzzaman

Thanks :

At the Cole Foundation, at Espace the real world? and to Yves Nicol and Jonathan Charland

75 minutes without intermission

Surtitles on the 3:00 PM show of April 6th, 2024.

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Intrusions (Another Home Invasion)

A story shared by many couples and many families.

Alone on stage, a woman relates how she is waiting to be transferred to a seniors’ residence with her husband whose health is failing. The arrival of a drug addict, lurking mysteriously on her doorstep, emphasizes her vulnerability, and also her solitude, when confronted with various invasions of her private life and with the administrative challenges of the healthcare system. With humour, anger, and determination, she refuses to let age, circumstances or the system destroy her dignity and her love for her husband.

John MacLeod’s Another Home Invasion (Intrusions in it’s French translation) was nominated for a Governor General’s Award in 2009. The play sheds light on a subject too often neglected; the way our society abandons the elderly when they are most in need of help.

Text Joan MacLeod
Translation Marie-Thé Morin
Director Geneviève Pineault

A Théâtre de la Vieille 17 and Théâtre Populaire d’Acadie coproduction

Théâtre de la Vieille 17

Text Joan MacLeod
Translation Marie-Thé Morin
Director Geneviève Pineault
Assistant Director and Stage Manager Diane Fortin
Set Designer Gabriel Tsampalieros
Music and soundscape René Cormier + Jonathan Sonier
Lighting Designer Paul Auclair
Costume designer Denise Richard
Production Manager Cynthia Shaw
Artistic Directors Allain Roy + Geneviève Pineault 
With Diane Losier