Chansons pour le musée
“Electric, artistic and zany!”
- In-person event
- Français
- Ages 7-14
- ≈ 55 minutes · No intermission
Museum-like, new wave, poetic and theatrical all at the same time, this beautiful hybrid creature imagined by Karine Sauvé comes straight from Bizarreland to make a dramatic case for the importance of art and its amazing power to heal hearts!
It’s like sneaking into a museum when you’re not allowed, through the back door—no, the upside-down door! Alone, in the middle of the night, Karine-Pas-Sauvé observes the strange sculptures. A mysterious skeleton–psychologist has told her to sing at the top of her voice to the ones that appeal to her, as an antidote to the pain of her separation and a shattered family cocoon. Alongside her on stage, the boisterous Nicolas Letarte-Bersianik galvanizes his sound machines, colouring the space with his electrifying music.
Every piece of art inspires a new mood, a crazy game, a firecracker of sorrow to detonate! At the end of the show, you feel like you’ve just stepped off a wild ride; you don’t completely understand what just happened, but you want to go back!
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Psst! Listen to the podcast before coming to the show. You’ll be able to hum along to the songs!
- With Karine Sauvé
- With Nicolas Letarte-Bersianik
- Directed by Anne-Marie Guilmaine and Karine Sauvé
- Musical and sound design Nicolas Letarte-Bersianik
- Musical arrangements Karine Sauvé
- Sets and costumes Julie Vallée-Léger and Karine Sauvé
- Lighting Leticia Hamaoui
- Stage director and technical director Gabriel Duquette
- Production director Catherine Renaud
- Collaborator on the costumes Mélanie Charest
- Produced by Mammifères
- Partners Maison Théâtre, Théâtre Aux Écuries, Le CUBE, NAC French Theatre, Recto-Verso, Mois Multi, La Chapelle – scènes contemporaines, Les Coups de théâtre, Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles
- Special thanks to Shary Boyle, Sylvie Cotton, Élise Provencher, the artists who allowed Karine Sauvé to do her solo camping-residencies with their fabulous pieces, Fabienne Martin, psychoanalyst, for following and advising the team throughout the research phases.
