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Special delivery to your classroom!

Nov 21 - 23, 2022

In your school

In-person event
Français
Ages 8-12

Performance options	Start time	Language	Availability
Monday, November 21, 2022	9:00 am	French	sold out
Tuesday, November 22, 2022	9:00 am	French	sold out
Wednesday, November 23, 2022	9:00 am	French	sold out

“Small travelling version”

The delivery man has mixed up his parcels. Eventually he finds the one he’s looking for. It contains 83-year-old Rita, who is part of the “School Integration Program for the Elderly.” She comes with accessories: a wheelchair and a portable radio. We’ll have to find a good spot for her to listen to her music and nap. She naps a lot. She’ll need to be cared for. Hygiene and nutrition. Instruction manual. Any questions? The delivery man is also a bit of a slammer. He takes advantage of the old lady’s nap to slam about his life, his deliveries, his misfortunes.

Rita’s radio goes into overdrive. The delivery man pulls out all the stops. The old lady wakes up. The delivery man sees his life flash before his eyes: a long conveyor belt full of packages. The radio raps about people nobody notices. The old lady and the delivery man, in a heartfelt appeal, cry out in chorus: No one looks at us, no one sees us. Rita hangs her head. Her memories float up to the ceiling. But it’s already time for another delivery. We know what it is. The packages have to reach their destination. But here’s a solemn promise: by the end of the day, someone in this class will have learned to fly.

This show is performed in the classroom. The show is performed a minimum of twice and a maximum of three times per day, per school. The fee ($400 including HST) includes the performance and workshop for one class.

Description of the activity

First session: Performance in the classroom. Duration: 35 minutes

Second session: In-person creative workshop

The journey continues with an artistic creation workshop in which the young people will. among other things, learn about the world of slam and rap by exploring the origins of these oral poems and creating their own texts to recite.

Duration: 45–60 minutes. The workshop will take place within 10 days of the classroom performance.

Topics discussed: Taking care of living things / Going beyond appearances / Freedom and Imagination / Speed and Performance

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This event ended on: Nov 23, 2022

Adults & chaperones

1 Free adult per 15 students

Free admittance for special needs assistants

$ (HST included) for additional chaperons At the discretion of the National Arts Centre

Payment deadlines

3 weeks before the performance

Full payment is required by the payment deadline. The NAC reserves the right to cancel any orders submitted but not paid for by the payment deadline.

Seating

There are no reserved seats for NAC student matinee performances.

Instead of tickets you will receive a letter of admission and groups will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis at the performance.

The letter of admission will be issued upon receipt of full payment.

If you have any questions, please contact us at education@nac-cna.ca

Artists

Director Anne-Marie Guilmaine
Director Anne-Marie Guilmaine

For over ten years, Anne-Marie Guilmaine has been developing a stage writing practice that incorporates performance, visual installation and relational art. With the interdisciplinary company Système Kangourou, which she co-founded in 2006 with Claudine Robillard, she creates shows rooted in the encounter between performers and audience. As shown by Non Finito (2017), Le pouvoir expliqué à ceux qui l’exercent (sur moi) (2019) and Bermudes (dérive) (2021), she is interested in casting non-actors who share their own stories within a score that interweaves performative actions and multi-layered images. With a master’s degree in theatre and another in literature, Anne-Marie is interested in approaches that are grounded in reality.

Anne-Marie Guilmaine développe depuis plus de dix ans une pratique d’autrice scénique teintée par la performance, l'installation visuelle et l'art relationnel. Avec la compagnie interdisciplinaire Système Kangourou qu’elle cofonde en 2006 avec Claudine Robillard, elle crée des spectacles ancrés dans la rencontre entre performeurs et spectateurs. Que ce soit avec Non Finito (2017), Le pouvoir expliqué à ceux qui l’exercent (sur moi) (2019) ou Bermudes (dérive) (2021), elle s’intéresse à la présence de non-acteurs sur scène qui partagent leurs propres récits au cœur de partitions tissées d’actions performatives et d’images plurivoques. Détentrice d’une maîtrise en théâtre et d’une autre en littérature, Anne-Marie s’intéresse aux démarches chevillées au réel.
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Author Amélie Dumoulin

Author Amélie Dumoulin

Amélie Dumoulin s'amuse joyeusement sur divers terrains d'écriture. En littérature jeunesse, elle est l'autrice de Fé M Fé, Fé verte, Kid, Pipo, Moi pis Novarina, tous publiés chez Québec Amérique. En théâtre, elle collabore à l'écriture de spectacles avec les compagnies Joe Jack et John, Des mots d'la dynamite, Petit théâtre de Sherbrooke. Elle est également rédactrice au Théâtre Français du Centre National des Arts d'Ottawa et elle enseigne aux Muses : centre des arts de la scène, à des artistes professionnels en situation de handicap.

À la scène, comme dans les livres, les textes d'Amélie Dumoulin traitent tous, à leur manière, de l'insolite expérience d'habiter un corps, un monde, d'être vivant.

Amélie Dumoulin s'amuse joyeusement sur divers terrains d'écriture. En littérature jeunesse, elle est l'autrice de Fé M Fé, Fé verte, Kid, Pipo, Moi pis Novarina, tous publiés chez Québec Amérique. En théâtre, elle collabore à l'écriture de spectacles avec les compagnies Joe Jack et John, Des mots d'la dynamite, Petit théâtre de Sherbrooke. Elle est également rédactrice au Théâtre Français du Centre National des Arts d'Ottawa et elle enseigne aux Muses : centre des arts de la scène, à des artistes professionnels en situation de handicap.

À la scène, comme dans les livres, les textes d'Amélie Dumoulin traitent tous, à leur manière, de l'insolite expérience d'habiter un corps, un monde, d'être vivant.

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Performance Maxime Mompérousse et Pascale Tremblay
Music and sound design Frédéric Auger
Props Jeanne Dupré
Production photos and videos Sylvain Lussier, Sylvain Croteau des Productions L'inconnu dans le noir

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