Là où le sang se mêle (Québec)

2019-09-13 21:00 2019-09-18 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Where the Blood Mixes

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/22150

Co-presented in French with Zones Théâtrales a Menuentakuan production in collaboration with Teesri Duniya Theatre Can a person survive their past? Can a people survive their history? Irreverently funny and brutally honest, Where the Blood Mixes is a story of loss, resilience, and redemption set in the heart of the Fraser Canyon. Caught in a shadowy pool of pain and guilt, Floyd has lost everyone he holds most dear. Now, after more than two decades, his daughter is returning home...

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Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
September 13 - 18, 2019
September 13 - 18, 2019

≈ 2 hours · No intermission

Last updated: September 10, 2019

I had the good fortune to discover Kevin Loring’s play Where the Blood Mixes for the first time in 2009, when the Teesri Duniya Theatre invited me to take on the role of Mooch (Quêteux in the French version) in their production of the original script. Since then, the characters in this play have become part of me, and for the past eight years I’ve entertained the idea of translating and producing it for a Francophone audience. Thanks to encouragement and solid support from Teesri Duniya, plus inspired accompaniment from Liz Valdez, I’ve been able to translate my dream into reality. With the enthusiastic participation of Musique Nomade, we’ve also been fortunate to add an original soundtrack – a blend of Mi’kmaq, Dene, Atikamekw and Metis voices – to this magnificent project. Là où le sang se mêle is a masterly work that serves as a bridge between a past that society has tried to conceal and a future tinged with bittersweet hope. The characters we meet are people who, like all of us, have only their profound humanity as an anchor point for finding resilience within themselves.

Artists

  • By Kevin Loring
  • Translated and directed by Charles Bender
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    Floyd Marco Collin
  • soleil-launiere-cr-lucile-parry-canet
    Christine Soleil Launière
  • Mooch Charles Bender
  • emilie-monnet-cr-christian-blais-headshot
    June Émilie Monnet
  • George Xavier Huard

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