(French) Le songe d'une nuit d'été: rêver mieux
Le metteur en scène Olivier Normand avait le défi de dépoussiérer un classique de Shakespeare et il peut dire mission accomplie. Avec la...
© Julie Charland
February 13
- 16, 2019
“This re-reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is fresh, lively, quite sexy, and most important, hilarious.” Geneviève Bouchard, Le Soleil
- Français
- ≈ 2 hours and 10 minutes · No intermission
Acrobatic dreamers dizzy with desire
A romantic romp in an enchanted forest on a midsummer night. Shakespeare at his most comical, imaginative and agile. A lively and energetic re-telling directed by Olivier Normand, featuring acrobats from the FLIP Fabrique circus troupe.
A jealous king, a flighty queen of the fairies, a quartet of lovers on the run, and a troupe of execrable actors cross paths in an enchanted kingdom, where mischievous Puck muddles thought and sparks passion with his love potion. From its Peter Pan-style prologue to its delightfully grotesque conclusion, Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy is dusted off, shaken out and invigorated by Olivier Normand, who uses the acrobatic skills of FLIP Fabrique and the music of Josué Beaucage to set a wonderfully dreamlike mood.
Artists
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Directed by Olivier Normand -
Flûte Marc Auger -
L’Égoïne and Égée Emmanuel Bédard -
Hermia Maude Boutin St-Pierre -
Bottom Hugues Frenette -
Démétrius Jean-Michel Girouard -
Hippolyta and Titania Valérie Laroche -
Acrobat Arielle Lauzon -
Puck Olivier Normand
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Thésée and Obéron Jean-Sébastien Ouellette -
Héléna Mary-Lee Picknell -
Acrobat Mathias Reymond -
Lysandre André Robillard -
Acrobat Tristan Robquin
- Written by William Shakespeare
- French translation by Michelle Allen
- Directed by Olivier Normand
- Produced by Théâtre du Trident
- Coproduced by FLIP Fabrique
- Cast Marc Auger, Josué Beaucage, Emmanuel Bédard, Maude Boutin-St-Pierre, Hugues Frenette, Jean-Michel Girouard, Valérie Laroche, Arielle Lauzon, Olivier Normand, Jean-Sébastien Ouellette, Mary-Lee Picknell, Mathias Reymond, André Robillard and Tristan Robquin
- Assistant director Katia Talbot
- Set design Véronique Bertrand
- Lighting design Caroline Ross
- Original music composed and performed by Josué Beaucage
- Costumes Virginie Leclerc
- Choreography Alan Lake
- Featuring Bruno Gagnon
- Technical direction Patrick Paquet
- Featuring Hélène Rheault
