French Autumn Theatre Season

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Montreal

September

In Mama, 12 women take turns at the ­bedside of a dying patriarch. Sept. 7-Oct. 8. www.duceppe.com M’appelle Mohamed Ali pays tribute to and examines in depth the condition of the Black actor. Sept. 6-21. www.quatsous.com Remount and tour of ­Audrey Talbot’s play Corps titan (titre de survie), directed by Philippe Cyr. Sept. 6-24. www.theatredaujourdhui.qc.ca The extravagant wrestling-theatre festival Royalmania offers Agamemnon In The Ring, Dick The Turd and free thematic activities. Sept. 6-24. www.auxecuries.com Philippe Racine delivers Lequel est un Basquiat, an ode to Black identity in Quebec. Sept. 13-Oct. 1. www.theatredaujourdhui.qc.ca Joe Jack and John introduce Les Waitress sont tristes, an unconventional contemporary western. Sept. 16-Oct.1. www.espacelibre.qc.ca Brefs ­entretiens avec des femmes exceptionnelles portrays five women with polarizing speeches. Sept. 6-23. www.theatrelalicorne.com Anthony Black adapts Un violon discordant, and beauty and inspiration spring forth from everywhere. Sept. 20-24. www.theatrelalicorne.com Fantasy artists Rébecca Déraspe and Frédéric Bélanger adapt Shakespeare’s La nuit des rois. Sept. 20-Oct. 15. www.tnm.qc.ca In À cause du soleil, Evelyne de la Chenelière takes on the characters of Albert Camus. Sept. 21-Oct. 15. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca With Chant de Mille secrets, Alain Farah and Marc Beaupré begin a great theatrical epic for FIL. Sept. 26-29. www.usine-c.com The contemporary feminine adaptation of Molière’s Misanthrope, Mademoiselle Agnès, features a successful writer turned critic. Sept. 27-Oct. 15. www.theatreprospero.com René Richard Cyr ­tackles Le Fils by Florian Zeller, one of France’s most successful ­playwrights. Sept. 27-Oct. 29. www.rideauvert.qc.ca Chose certaine, le soleil finit toujours par se coucher is a short play, offered in a 5-7 ­formula. Sept. 27-Oct. 14. www.theatrelalicorne.com

October

Annie Darisse, assisted by Marie-Christine Lê-Huu and Claude ­Poissant, recounts an intimate tragedy and its multiple resonances in Le titre du livre serait Corinne. Oct. 1-28. www.theatrelalicorne.com In Okinum, a beaver appears in the dreams of Émilie Monnet. Oct. 4-22. www.espacego.com Le gardien des enfants is a story full of violence. Oct. 4-22. www.theatreprospero.com Lolita n’existe pas deconstructs Nabokov’s character. Oct. 4-22. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca Mathieu ­Arseneault and Christian Lapointe set We are shining forever à la recherche du royaume de l’entrée des morts to a 1980s cybernetic soundtrack. Oct. 6-15. www.festivalphenomena.com Ondinnok and the NTE address current Native community issues in L’enclos de Wabush. Oct. 12-29. www.espacelibre.qc.ca With Cyclorama, Laurence Dauphinais uses Montreal’s theatrical universe to bring two solitudes closer together. Oct. 11-Nov. 5. www.theatredaujourdhui.qc.ca Guillaume Corbeil and Florent Siaud plunge into Pacific Palisades, the universe of a ­fabulist. Oct.18-Nov. 5. www.theatredaujourdhui.qc.ca The four ­characters of Une journée choose to break away from everyday life. Oct. 18-Nov. 5. www.quatsous.com In Le loup, a man feels his memory slip away. Oct. 21-30. www.duceppe.com Eight female creators question the notion of a couple in Duo en morceaux, by Théâtre I.N.K. Oct. 25-Nov. 12. www.auxecuries.com As part of Actoral, Hubert Colas offers L’été des charognes, a show close to childhood. Oct. 28-29. www.usine-c.com

November

After learning that his mother was dying of cancer, Jordan Tannahill wrote Déclarations, translated by Fanny Britt and directed by Mélanie Demers. Nov. 1-19. www.theatreprospero.com Five men talk about real things in Foreman. Nov. 3-12. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca Geneviève and Matthieu unpack a new version of the performance Mr. Gros. Nov. 4-5. www.usine-c.com Two men face an act they buried deep under Les glaces. Oct. 4-Nov. 5. www.theatrelalicorne.com Seven women personify Nelly Arcan’s mal de vivre in La fureur de ce que je pense. Nov. 8-Dec. 3. www.espacego.com An artist discovers Noli, the feminist pornography app. Nov. 8-26. www.theatreprospero.com Fleeing Stalin’s censors, Mikhail Bulgakov writes a biography on Molière, the censorship of the devout and Louis XIV. Le roman de monsieur de Molière is staged by Lorraine Pintal. Nov. 8-Dec. 3. www.tnm.qc.ca Si jamais vous nous écoutez remembers the disc sent by NASA into space. Nov. 9-25. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca Malaise dans la civilisation innocently tests the limits of moral values. Nov. 10-13. www.lachapelle.org War and the need for hope collide in Tu ne me croiras pas. Nov.14-Dec. 8. ­www.theatrelalicorne.com Part lecture, part drag show, Ciseaux pays ­tribute to Montreal’s feminist queers. Nov. 15-Dec. 3. www.espacelibre.qc.ca The ever-smart Projet Bocal presents Showtime – Une grosse pièce de théâtre. Nov. 16-Dec. 17. www.duceppe.com Justin Laramée’s theatrical documentary on the dairy industry Run de lait offers 8,000 years of milk history, condensed. Nov. 22-Dec. 17. www.theatrelalicorne.com Qui a tué mon père accuses the political history behind the story of the body. Nov. 22-Dec. 10. www.quatsous.com Pierre Brassard joins the 2022 edition of the always entertaining Revue et Corrigée. Nov. 22-Jan. 7. www.rideauvert.qc.ca In 2122, some believe that Plastique could be a source of youth. Nov. 22-Dec. 10. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca In Le virus et la proie, four characters launch a charge to the powerful against ­injustice. Nov. 30-Dec. 2. www.theatredaujourdhui.com

December

Le clone est triste by Théâtre du Futur handles serious issues with humour and music. Dec. 2-17. www.auxecuries.com La société des poètes disparus undertakes a winter tour of Quebec. Dec. 6-16. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca

 

Ottawa

September

Mani Soleymanlou remounts the identity fresco that made him famous, Un. Deux. Trois. Sept. 29-Oct. 1. www.nac-cna.ca

October

Aalaapi | ᐋᓛᐱ (faire silence pour entendre quelque chose de beau, in Inuktitut) is a plural, radio-based testimony. Oct. 26-29. www.nac-cna.ca

November

Cher Tchekhov is Michel Tremblay’s best play, a wonderful theatrical machine. Nov. 17-19. www.nac-cna.ca

 

Toronto

Manman la mer puts women and Caribbean spirituality in the spotlight. Sept. 29-Oct. 2. www.theatrefrancais.com The 40 performers of Mani ­Soleymanlou’s trilogy Un. Deux. Trois dig into the cultural and ­political heritage of North America. Oct. 13-16. www.theatrefrancais.com Les ­Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s celebrates the anniversary of an award-winning theatre series. Nov. 22-Dec. 10. www.theatrefrancais.com     

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