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© Emily Cooper
© Renaud Philippe
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© Renaud Philippe
© Itai Erdal
  • Français
  • Approx. 1 hour  and  20 minutes
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 8:00 pm French Seats available
Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:00 pm French Seats available
Friday, November 18, 2016 8:00 pm French Seats available
Saturday, November 19, 2016 8:00 pm French Seats available

Limited seats ! Experience a night out !

In the depths of winter, Gilles and Esther, a Francophone couple, leave Montreal for Vancouver. They have trouble assimilating, and gradually withdraw into themselves; their apartment becomes their own little world, the setting for a bizarre existence fuelled by their imagination. But how long can they sustain a life on the fringes of society?

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Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.