Some of the Characters.
Shayne.
“I self Identify as Queer and Jewish and as an Anarchist.”
The Assembly (Porte Parole)
Created by Alex Ivanovici, Anabel Soutar and Brett Watson.
Directed by Chris Abraham
The play examines call-out culture, identity politics, free speech and, most provocatively, the possibility that the time for listening to each other is over.
MontcalM.
“Ce n'était pas le cheval au qui je parlais. ”
GEOGRAPHY OF FIRE
LA FURIE ET SA GÉOGRAPHIE
By Colleen Murphy
Directed by Brian Dooley
The play explores the collision and intersection of cultures, nations and animals during the Battle on the Plains of Abraham / Bataille des Plaines d’Abraham.
Serge.
“By whose standards is it shit? If you call something shit, you need to have some criterion to judge it by. ”
Art (Hudson Village Theatre)
By Yasmina Reza
Directed by Dean Fleming
The Tony Award-winning play that focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painting) as well as the meaning of friendship, to both the man who bought the painting and the two friends who come to see it.
Panigayak.
“Ig-ruq quq tuu ru-gunn”
The Breathing Hole (Stratford Festival)
by Colleen Murphy
Directed by Reneltta Arluk
Intersecting with Canada’s history from the moment of First Contact to a future ravaged by climate change, this saga follows the mythic adventures of a polar bear to a profoundly moving conclusion.
FELIX.
“Ah Tabarnak!”
The Breathing Hole (Stratford Festival)
by Colleen Murphy
Directed by Reneltta Arluk
Intersecting with Canada’s history from the moment of First Contact to a future ravaged by climate change, this saga follows the mythic adventures of a polar bear to a profoundly moving conclusion.
Samson.
“I do bite my thumb at you sir!”
Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Festival)
by Willy Shakes
Directed by Scott Wentworth
Falling headlong in love, two teenagers and Samson defy the long-simmering hatred between their families. But daring to love one’s enemy comes with a terrible cost, as the needless sacrifice of young lives brings this heartbreaking story to its tragic conclusion.
Gray.
“Look…”
Treasure Island (Stratford Festival)
Adapted by Nicolas Billon
Directed by Mitchell Cushman
A map from a dead man’s chest, a sinister one-legged seafarer – and a parrot! They’re all here in this new adaptation of the thrilling classic that has inspired every pirate story since.
Tom.
“I mean, all this talk of death is great and all, and thanks for the history lesson and everything, but…”
The Halloween Tree (Geordie Theatre)
Adapted by Amanda Kellock
Directed by Amanda Kellock
On Halloween night, five friends meet up to go trick-or-treating. But their best friend, Joe Pipkin, is too sick to go. He tells them to meet at The House, an old, deserted place in the ravine that none of them have ever dared to visit on Halloween night. When they arrive, instead of Joe they encounter a mysterious man named Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud… What follows is an epic journey into The Undiscovered Country to find out the hidden secrets of Halloween and to save Joe Pipkin.
25 +.
“Uh-oh – The half-breed’s got a bunch of half-breed friends. Do any of you speak English?”
Louis Riel -A comic book stage play (Rustwerk Refinery)
Adapted by Zach Fraser
Directed by Zach Fraser
Based on Chester Brown’s graphic novel. English + french text. A gavel bangs in the dark marking the start of Louis Riel’s trial for treason. The man, equally revered and reviled, is in the docks arguing for his life. Based on Chester Brown’s celebrated graphic novel, which so poignantly illustrates the story of the enigmatic Métis hero, RustWerk’s theatrical adaptation pops with the vibrant artistry of the original source, both stark and playful.
Cooper.
“It’s what documentarians do”
State of Denial (Tessri Duniya Theatre)
by Rahul Varma
Directed by Liz Valdez
Odette, a young filmmaker, travels to Turkey to investigate stories of genocide for an upcoming film. When she interviews Sahana, an elderly Muslim woman who has spent her life assisting survivors of the Armenian genocide, she learns a devastating secret that she resolves to share with the world at any cost, even if it means revealing her own shocking secret.
Parking-Lot Dude.
“He panicked, with the dildo in his hands, a big tube of floppy rubber bobbing away as he tried to find a place to stuff it.”
Urban Tales (Urbi et Orbi/ Centaur Theatre )
by Yvan Bienvenue translated by Harry Standjofski
Directed by Harry Standjofski
L’Homme Invisible/The Invisible Man.
“Sadness rents a room with no windows in the invisible man’s heart.”
L’Homme Invisible/ The Invisible Man (La Licorne/ Theatre Kingston/ Third Way)
by Patrice Desbiens
Directed by Harry Standjofski
A bilingual play about the angst of a bilingual Franco-Ontarian man, directed by a bilingual Quebec anglophone, is now striking chords of recognition for bilingual Montrealers at La Petite Licorne.
L’homme invisible, by Patrice Desbiens, was first published in 1981 as a poem, with the French text printed on one page and the English text printed on the opposite page.