Faire le bien

 The 2024 Collective takes the stage

2024-09-26 19:30 2024-09-28 22:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC:  Faire le bien

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35974

In-person event

The combination of François Archambault’s acid wit and Gabrielle Chapdelaine’s unrelenting pen illuminates, to the point of burning our retinas, shining a spotlight on our toxic positivity and other seemingly compassionate yet self-flattering acts. The piece is formidably and passionately played by the younger performers it was written for, strung together as pitch-dark sketches invisibly threading our vanity.  The 2024 Collective is back for another round. The...

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
September 26 - 28, 2024

September 2024

  1. Sep 26 2024
    Tomorrow

    7:30pm

  2. Sep 27 2024
    Friday

    7:30pm

  3. Sep 28 2024
    Saturday

    3:00pm

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Illustration of a silhouette of a man in profile, holding a metal dustbin above his head and gesturing to empty it.
© Gérard DuBois
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“Selfies, live from the fire ”
  • In-person event
  • Français
  • ≈  1 hour 50 minutes · No intermission
NAC Co-production

The combination of François Archambault’s acid wit and Gabrielle Chapdelaine’s unrelenting pen illuminates, to the point of burning our retinas, shining a spotlight on our toxic positivity and other seemingly compassionate yet self-flattering acts. The piece is formidably and passionately played by the younger performers it was written for, strung together as pitch-dark sketches invisibly threading our vanity. 

The 2024 Collective is back for another round. The Collective is Mani Soleymanlou’s signature initiative to give recently graduated performers the spotlight in a work co-produced by the NAC’s French Theatre and the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. Led by the renowned Claude Poissant, these fiery twenty-somethings take unabashed joy in challenging our well-meaning values with their twisted morality and uncomfortable dialogue. Will environmentalists devolve into bloody competition? Would people kill a cheater for the sake of sportsmanship? What does French-kissing look like in the age of consent? 

When the world is on fire, people’s individual attempts to turn the tide can sometimes resemble nothing more than a worrying parade of ego. Are virtue signallers true saviours or just peacocks beautifully strutting their stuff one last time atop the flames? 

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MANI REÇOIT CLAUDE POISSANT

On Thursday, September 26, the opening night of the show, Mani Soleymanlou will be joined by director Claude Poissant as part of the Grandes rencontres du Théâtre français discussion series. The conversation will begin at 6:15 pm in the NAC Salon.

Artists

  • Playwright François Archambault
  • Playwright Gabrielle Chapdelaine
  • Director Claude Poissant
  • xavier-bergeron-web
    Cast Xavier Bergeron
  • anaelle-boily-talbot-web
    Cast Anaelle Boily Talbot
  • mehdi-boumalki-web
    Cast Mehdi Boumalki
  • simon-champagne-web
    Cast Simon Champagne
  • eve-landry-web
    Cast Eve Landry
  • christophe-levac-web
    Cast Christophe Levac
  • elizabeth-mageren-web
    Cast Elizabeth Mageren
  • charlotte-richer-web
    Cast Charlotte Richer
  • lea-roy-web
    Cast Léa Roy
  • Playwright François Archambault and Gabrielle Chapdelaine
  • Director Claude Poissant
  • With The 2024 Collective  (Xavier Bergeron, Anaelle Boily Talbot, Mehdi Boumalki, Simon Champagne, Eve Landry, Christophe Levac, Elizabeth Mageren, Charlotte Richer, and Léa Roy)
  • Assistant Director and Stage Manager Alexandra Sutto
  • Scenic Design Olivier Landreville 
  • Lighting Leticia Hamaoui
  • Music Jérôme Minière
  • Costumes Marc Senécal
  • Costumes Assistant Rosemarie Levasseur
  • Props Félix Plante
  • Make-up and hairs Suzanne Trépanier
  • Haircuts Sarah Tremblay
  • Production Management Guy Côté
  • Technical Director (Théâtre du Rideau Vert) Alexandre Michaud
  • Technical Director (at the NAC) Romane Bocquet
  • Construction of the set Productions Yves Nicol
  • Production Théâtre du Rideau Vert
  • Co-production NAC French Theatre