Philosophical Vivarium
A group of tourists arrive at a theater without a care for decorum. By turns reserved or expansive, clumsy or careless, the four companions explore the space, jostling it and forgetting themselves in the rhythm of ordinary little accidents. At once philosophical and impulsive, their impulses leave nothing untouched.
With their biting stage writing, Alix Dufresne and Étienne Lepage, skilled creative comrades, shake up social as well as theatrical conventions, and play with the porosity between stage and audience. Strange and playful, Malaise in Civilization reveals complex, captivating beings who innocently venture to the edge of moral values. Endearing and… disturbing!
Time: 7 p.m.
Duration: 60 minutes (no intermission)
CREDITS
Production | Étienne Lepage
Direction | Alix Dufresne and Étienne Lepage
Text | Étienne Lepage
Interpretation and co-creation | Florence Blain Mbaye, Maxime Genois, Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon and Alice Moreault
Set and Costume Design | Odile Gamache
Lighting | Leticia Hamaoui
Music | Robert Marcel Lepage
Technical Direction, Lighting Design Assistance and Stage Management | Arianne Roy
Delegated Production | DLD | Artistic Director Frédérick Gravel
Coproduction | Festival TransAmérique, L’ANCRE-Théâtre Royal (Charleroi), Maison de la culture Marie- Uguay, Espace Le vrai monde ?, Salle de diffusion de Parc Extension and DLD | Artistic direction Frédéric Gravel
