2020-02-25 20:00 2020-03-07 22:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 CNA : The Assembly - Montreal

https://nac-cna.ca/fr/event/21573

Une production Porte Parole (Montréal) Dans cette étonnante expérience de théâtre social, Alex Ivanovici, Annabel Soutar et Brett Watson examinent la manière dont le tribalisme et la polarisation menacent le fondement même de la conversation et du discours public, le civisme. Quatre étrangers aux opinions politiques, sociales, culturelles et religieuses fort divergentes tentent de trouver un terrain d’entente. En discutant de sujets...

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Studio Azrieli ,1 rue Elgin,Ottawa,Canada
25 fév - 7 mar 2020

≈ 1 heure et 40 minutes · Sans entracte

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Dernière mise à jour: 11 février 2020

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Artistic Director’s Notes

In these turbulent times, I’ve been asked a few times why no one has crafted a really significant hit play about Trump himself. I believe it’s because the truth is so much more dramatic and improbable than anything we could create, no playwright would even bother. One of the starkest consequences of this unprecedented political climate has been the calamitous, escalating polarization of the American social arena.

In Canada, while our left/right political divide hasn’t been quite so extreme, it’s undeniable that we too have become more dramatically polarized. Canadians on both sides tend to reject any damning evidence that is inconsistent with the side we’ve chosen, and attack those on the other side through social media when we feel righteous. We are just as susceptible to bias as any American.

In Porte Parole’s The Assembly, it is the partisan voters and the passionate public who take the mics. The creators demand that we ask how those who form the bottom rows of the pyramids of power on both sides can truly connect with each other. When was the last time you really talked about politics with your far-right uncle, or your too-left neighbour? When did we stop arguing it out and just start arguing?

I chose this project especially for the Ottawa audience; the constituents closest to the seat of federal power. I want to ask these questions of you: How much do you genuinely listen to the other side? Is it possible you might be more biased than you thought? What would it take to change your mind?​

Playwright’s Note

We are building The Assembly one episode and one performance at a time, upon the conviction that we must assemble, in person, as often as possible in today’s world in order to demystify the human behaviour which makes us so polarized. You, our audience, are an important part of this process. By being present in this space, you signal that you still value the live encounter. By choosing theatre as a medium of entertainment, you express your appetite for witnessing people face off against one another before your very eyes. Perhaps most importantly, you expose yourself to the unnerving fact that human beings can don a political perspective as if it were a role they were playing in the theatre. All of these daring positions make you ripe for the experiment that is The Assembly. Thank you for the simple act of being here.

Alex Ivanovici, Annabel Soutar and Brett Watson

Artistes

  • Mise en scène Chris Abraham
  • De Alex Ivanovici
  • De Annabel Soutar
  • De Brett Watson
  • Interprète Akosua Amo-Adem
  • Interprète Jimmy Blais
  • Interprète Sean Colby
  • Interprète Tanja Jacobs
  • Interprète Marcel Jeannin
  • Conception sonore Antoine Bédard
  • Assistante à la mise en scène Marie Farsi
  • Technicien vidéo Guillaume Arseneault
  • Chef costumière Dominique Coughlin
  • Conception des éclairages Luc Prairie
  • Scénographie Simon Guilbault
  • Technicien vidéo Amelia Scott
  • régie Isabel Quintero Faia
  • Avec Porte Parole