© Guy-Carl Dubé
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© Julie Charland
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© Guy-Carl Dubé
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© Guy-Carl Dubé
  • Français
  • Approx. 55 minutes
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 9:45 am French sold out
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 12:45 pm French sold out
Thursday, April 5, 2018 9:45 am French sold out
Friday, April 6, 2018 9:45 am French sold out

“In Romeo and Juliet, it takes the death of two young children for the adults to acknowledge the blind hatred that drives them. It’s sobering to realize that today, children everywhere on the planet are still the victims of our quarrels and wars.”

Jacqueline Gosselin

Sparks guaranteed

Falling in love: so love is a fall? Sometimes. And it can be fatal! Think of Romeo and Juliet: two warring families pitted against two determined teenagers with loving hearts.

DynamO Théâtre shakes up the classic tale, incorporating acrobatics, swordfights, juggling, and a rotating set. Four actors play all the parts and comment on the action; Shakespeare himself is invited to speak. Can the inevitable be avoided? All we know is that if we’re going to reinvent the story, we have to find a way to overcome the power of hate.

  • Concept and direction by Jackie Gosselin
  • With Rosalie Dell’Aniello, Marie Fannie Guay, Marc-André Poliquin and Rémy Savard
  • Assistant director Audrey Blouin
  • Stage manager Marie-Chantal Bonin
  • Dramaturg Kim Selody
  • Sets and costumes Pierre-Étienne Locas
  • Lighting Martin Sirois
  • Music and sound Pierre Guy Blanchard
  • Makeup Suzanne Trépanier
  • Fight coach Jean-François Gagnon
  • Acrobatics coach Hugues Sarra-Bournet
  • Voice Marie-Lise Hétu
  • Voice over Lucien Bergeron
  • Creation team Rosalie Dell’Aniello, Marie Fannie Guay, Marc-André Poliquin, Dominic St-Laurent and Catherine St-Martin
  • Production collaborator Josée Fontaine Rubi
  • Illustration Sébastien Thibault
  • Production DynamO Théâtre
  • With support from ’Espace Théâtre Muni-Spec (Mont-Laurier), La TOHU, La Maison de la culture Mercier and Théâtre de la Ville (Longueuil)

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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.