Together with oneself

2017-09-14 21:00 2017-09-15 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Ma Irma

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/16773

Meet Mission Bird, an insatiably curious, socially awkward young woman. Spattered with blood, she wields her suitcase like a shield, a weapon, a platform from which to argue her case. In her search to discover the circumstances surrounding the death of her mother, Irma "Mission Bird" starts down a path that leads her from the laundromat to a man’s apartment, where she meets a dog, a very fat dog, also called… Irma. This black comedy raises the question, “When...

Read more

Studio Léonard-Beaulne — University of Ottawa,133-135 Séraphin Marion,Ottawa
September 14 - 15, 2017
September 14 - 15, 2017
Studio Léonard-Beaulne — University of Ottawa 133-135 Séraphin Marion Ottawa
This event has passed
Francophone Theatre Comedy
  • Français
  • ≈ 1 hour · No intermission

Meet Mission Bird, an insatiably curious, socially awkward young woman. Spattered with blood, she wields her suitcase like a shield, a weapon, a platform from which to argue her case. In her search to discover the circumstances surrounding the death of her mother, Irma "Mission Bird" starts down a path that leads her from the laundromat to a man’s apartment, where she meets a dog, a very fat dog, also called… Irma.

This black comedy raises the question, “When you do something irreversible, is love still unconditional?”

Marie-Claire Marcotte delivers an astonishing performance in this one-woman show from La Troupe du Jour. The play brings us back to the basic principles of theatre: an actress on stage and the sheer joy of words.

  • Featuring Haley McGee
  • French translation by Marie-Claire Marcotte
  • Directed by David Granger
  • Dramaturgy Marie-Eve Gagnon
  • With Marie-Claire Marcotte
  • Featuring La Troupe du Jour (Saskatchewan)