CE QU'ON ATTEND DE MOI
Inspired by neurobiologist Henri Laborit's Éloge de la fuite, Philippe Cyr and Gilles Poulin-Denis have written a spectator into their show. One member of the audience (as chosen each night) will become the sole actor in the play, plunging into a stage environment designed to reveal the universal workings of the imagination. Exploring the concept of free will vs. social conditioning, this performance offers a new and original perspective on human behaviour to the audience as a whole.
Who hasn't ever fantasized about escaping their own life, erasing the past, and starting over? For some it remains only a dream: others manage to put it into action. In giving a single spectator the chance to escape their own reality, if only for a moment, Ce qu’on attend de moi asks the question: is it even possible for us to imagine something other than what we already know?
The convergence of multiple elements – the involvement of a non-actor, the integration of filmic language, the use of codes drawn from documentary as well as cinéma-vérité – creates a hybrid piece belonging neither to cinema nor to the theatre. The stage machinery created by Cyr and Poulin-Denis serves to bear witness to a single person's quest to create – piece by piece – the object of their escape. This profoundly human experiment gives us a close-up view of a stranger, magnified by the silver screen and filled with the heady excitement of their brand-new role.
Coproduced 2PAR4 + L'homme allumette
Written and directed by :
Philippe Cyr et Gilles Poulin-Denis
Video director and DOP:
Jérémie Battaglia
Set design
Odile Gamache
Lighting design
Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
Sound design
Owen Belton
Assistant to the Directors
Sarah-Jeanne Doré
TOURING HISTORY
May 20 > 25 2019
Théâtre la Seizième
Vancouver (BC)
March 26 > 30 2019
Théâtre du Trillium +
National arts Centre’s French Theatre
Ottawa (ON)
March 13 > 16 2019
Usine C
Montréal (QC)
March 3 > 12 2019
Residency at Usine C
Montréal (QC)
May 21 > 26 2018
Aux Écuries
Montréal (QC)
June 2+3 2017
OFFta
Montréal (QC)
June 15 > 3 2017
Résidence Aux Écuries
Montréal (QC)
April 4 > 23 2016
Résidence Aux Écuries
Montréal (QC)
Coproduced 2PAR4 + L'homme allumette
Written and directed by :
Philippe Cyr et Gilles Poulin-Denis
Video director and DOP:
Jérémie Battaglia
Set design
Odile Gamache
Lighting design
Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
Sound design
Owen Belton
Assistant to the Directors
Sarah-Jeanne Doré