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Montreal
Lorraine Pintal directs Kim Thúy’s first stagescript, Âm. This Vietnamese term evokes the harmony between the physical and the spiritual. TNM, Sept. 9-Oct. 4 www.tnm.qc.ca
Stéphanie Labbé sets her comedy about common cruelty, La faune locale, backstage at the theatre. Duceppe, Sept. 9-26 www.duceppe.com
Playwright Lily Pinsonneault brings Les vacances, an incisive look at relationships that change over time. La Licorne, Sept. 15-Oct. 4 www.theatrelalicorne.com
To commemorate the 25th year of its creation, Marie Brassard is restaging Jimmy, créature de rêve, a piece that blends theatre, technology, and butoh. Prospero, Sept. 16-27 www.theatreprospero.com
The political and rap satire Mommy, le retour features a grandmother who haunts Quebec to seek revenge on the living and the decadence of modern society. CTDA, Sept. 23-Oct. 18 www.theatredaujourdhui.qc.ca
La vie est une fête !
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In La vie est une fête ! Jean-Christophe Meurisse and Les Chiens de Navarre ask whether neurosis is indicative of the hysteria of today’s world. Usine C, Sept. 18-20 www.usine-c.com and on tour Sept. 25-27 www.lediamant.ca Oct. 2-4 www.nac-cna.ca
Le Festival international de la littérature (FIL) presents staged readings and literary events: Xénia Gould collaborates with Angela Konrad on Juste vide ton coeur. Alice Ronfard directs Les nouveaux anciens by Kae Tempest, set to music by Julie McInnes. Brigitte Haentjens adapts Une famille à Bruxelles by Chantal Akerman, featuring music by Bernard Falaise. Please consult the lineup. Various locations, Sept. 24-Oct. 4 www.festival-fil.qc.ca
In his adaptation of Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red, Gabriel Charlebois Plante explores rebellious desire. Set to music by Navet Confit. Highly anticipated. Espace Go, Sept. 30-Oct. 19 www.espacego.com
Jean Marc Dalpé adapts William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, directed by Jon Lachlan Stewart. Denise-Pelletier, Sept. 30-Oct. 18 www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca
Et si je ne suis pas sage
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Catherine Vidal directs Et si je ne suis pas sage?, a tale about freedom and rebellion by Serbian writer Iva Brdar. 4’Sous, Oct. 1-25 www.quatsous.com
Resolutely avant-garde, the Festival Phénomena provides a platform for performers who challenge their discipline. Discover the lineup. Various locations, Oct. 2-24 www.electriques.ca
How many chances can one give to love? L’usure de nos aurores, the first play written and directed by Debbie Lynch-White, raises this very question. Licorne, Oct. 7-Nov. 15 www.theatrelalicorne.com
Using the contemporary scientific context, the cast members of Les éternels pigistes quiver about their place in the universe with Flambant nue. Le Gésu, Oct. 21-25 www.legesu.com
Corps fantômes
Maxime Carbonneau directs 15 performers in Corps fantômes, a journey into the realities of the gay community in the 1990s. Duceppe, Oct. 22-Nov. 22 www.duceppe.com
Alix Dufresne and Étienne Lepage revive Malaise dans la civilisation. The perfor-mance innocently ventures to the limits of moral values. Salle Fred-Barry, Oct. 28-Nov. 15 www.denisepelletier.com
How to live with the legacy of violence? How to save a dear friend: formules pour sortir-au-jour by Mireille Selwanes Tawfik draws inspiration from the myth of Isis and Osiris and revisits Mubarak’s dictatorship. Espace Go, Oct. 30-Nov. 8 www.espacego.com
Between memory and creativity, the Gauvreau 100 ans! events bring the legendary playwright’s legacy back to life. Le Gesù, Oct. 30-Nov. 4 Visit www.legesu.com
La cathédrale engloutie is about women who have learned that pent-up anger becomes more dangerous when it finally erupts. This is an opportunity to see the work of Rébecca Déraspe and Florent Siaud in an intimate setting. 4’Sous, Nov. 11-29 www.quatsous.com
Denis Marleau adapts Olivier Kemeid’s odyssey Le vieux monde derrière nous which alternates between memories, travels, and historical digressions. Promising. CTDA, Nov. 11-Dec. 6 www.theatredaujourdhui.qc.ca
Luc Provost, alias Mado Lamotte, stars as Hosanna, ou la Shéhérazade des pauvres. Maxime Robin stages Michel Tremblay’s play. TNM, Nov. 11-Dec. 6 www.tnm.qc.ca
Woven from the perspective of the deceased, Akira Yoshimura’s La jeune fille suppliciée sur une étagère links philosophical questions about human life to the concrete issues that shape it. Adapted by Evelyne de la Chenelière and directed by Cédric Delorme-Bouchard. Prospero, Nov. 18-Dec. 6 www.theatreprospero.com
Use et abuse by Christian Lapointe and Alix Dufresne reveals why artists are better placed to dismantle the wheels of capitalism. La Chapelle, Dec. 1-6 www.lachapelle.org
Dehors! recounts three romantic breakups that a woman experienced during her life. Written, directed, and performed by Marilyn Perreault. Aux écuries, Dec. 2-6 www.auxecuries.com
Ottawa
Nigamon/Tunai by Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina addresses water pollution and the destruction of territories in the Colombian Amazon caused by Canadian copper mining companies. Babs Asper Theatre, Sept. 10-13 www.nac-cna.ca
The cross-Canada adventure Un pays écrit la nuit gathers 12 theatre-makers. Azrieli Studio, Sept. 12 & 13. www.nac-cna.ca
The political thriller Tupqan | Nos territoires intérieurs relates the identity quest of a young man searching for a stolen wampum. Azrieli Studio, Nov. 20-22 www.nac-cna.ca
Toronto
Albert Camus’s deeply disturbing play, Le Malentendu, fluctuates between absurdity and an unattainable quest for recognition. The Theatre Centre, Nov. 6-16 www.theatrefrancais.com
With Les Zinspiré.e.s 13, the creative competition for teenagers draws inspiration from the famous number. Berkeley Street Theatre, Nov. 27-Dec. 19 www.theatrefrancais.com
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