Le Wild West Show de Gabriel Dumont
“My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them back their spirit.”Louis Riel
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Ottawa
October 18-21, 2017
National Arts Centre -
Montreal
October 31-November 18, 2017
Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui -
Winnipeg
February 17-21, 2018
Théâtre Cercle Molière -
Saskatoon
February 27-March 4 mars, 2018
Persephone Theatre in co-presentation with
Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre and La Troupe du Jour -
Québec
June 7-8, 2018
Théâtre La Bordée
Carrefour international de théâtre
World Premiere | NAC Co-production
A flamboyant epic, constructed as a series of tableaux, about the struggles of the Métis in the Canadian West. A multilayered and entertaining saga with a rodeo vibe, loosely based on Buffalo Bill’s legendary outdoor travelling show.
In 1885, following the hanging of his friend Louis Riel, bison hunter Gabriel Dumont fled to the United States. There he was recruited by the legendary Buffalo Bill, founder of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, a gigantic outdoor travelling show that re-enacted life in the American West. It made a huge impression on Dumont, and he dreamed of putting together a similar show to tell the story of the struggle of Canada’s Métis to reclaim their rights. The creative team behind Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show brings Dumont’s dream to live in a captivating, joyously anachronistic saga.
- Written by Jean Marc Dalpé, David Granger, Laura Lussier, Alexis Martin, Andrea Menard, Yvette Nolan, Gilles Poulin-Denis, Paula-Jean Prudat, Mansel Robinson and Kenneth T. Williams
- Directed by Mani Soleymanlou
- With Charles Bender, Jean Marc Dalpé, Katrine Deniset, Gabriel Gosselin, Alexis Martin, Émilie Monnet, Krystle Pederson, Chancz Perry, Dominique Pétin, Andrina Turenne and a special guest appearance of Josée Bourgeois
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This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
This production was made possible through the generosity of donors to the NAC Foundation’s Creation Campaign, including Donald T. Walcot, who believe in the importance of investing in new work by Canadian creators.
