Assoiffés
April 16-17, 2010
NAC, 53 Elgin Street
April 16-17, 2010
NAC, 53 Elgin Street
The story of two bodies found locked in each other’s arms in the St. Lawrence River.
Boon, a forensic anthropologist, makes a startling discovery that challenges his beliefs and turns his life upside down. The story of Murdoch, a teenager who can’t stop talking, and the transparently vulnerable Norvège compels Boon to revisit his own adolescence and awakens the ghost of a long-forgotten dream. As the play unfolds, the line between truth and fiction disappears, time explodes, and the irrepressible force of life triumphs over apathy. An astonishing fable about the search for truth and beauty, Assoiffés raises some fundamental questions for troubled teens and adults.
For nearly 20 years, Théâtre Le Clou has been exploring the world of teenagers as a source of creative inspiration. Benoît Vermeulen, the company’s co-artistic director, is known for pushing the boundaries of theatrical language both narratively and structurally. He likes to start with a playwright rather than a script, allowing the play’s scenic and narrative elements to develop in tandem during the creative process. In this first collaboration with Wajdi Mouawad (and his powerfully original discourse, at once objective and socially engaged), the two artists venture into the beating heart of adolescence and all its contradictions, from the craving to live fully to the search for the meaning of life itself.
Boon, a forensic anthropologist, makes a startling discovery that challenges his beliefs and turns his life upside down. The story of Murdoch, a teenager who can’t stop talking, and the transparently vulnerable Norvège compels Boon to revisit his own adolescence and awakens the ghost of a long-forgotten dream. As the play unfolds, the line between truth and fiction disappears, time explodes, and the irrepressible force of life triumphs over apathy. An astonishing fable about the search for truth and beauty, Assoiffés raises some fundamental questions for troubled teens and adults.
For nearly 20 years, Théâtre Le Clou has been exploring the world of teenagers as a source of creative inspiration. Benoît Vermeulen, the company’s co-artistic director, is known for pushing the boundaries of theatrical language both narratively and structurally. He likes to start with a playwright rather than a script, allowing the play’s scenic and narrative elements to develop in tandem during the creative process. In this first collaboration with Wajdi Mouawad (and his powerfully original discourse, at once objective and socially engaged), the two artists venture into the beating heart of adolescence and all its contradictions, from the craving to live fully to the search for the meaning of life itself.