NAC French Theatre

Step outside yourself

Theatre

Isn’t theatre by definition a place of illusion, even metamorphosis? Blending humour and virtuosity, here are four superb examples of the art of stepping out of yourself ... and finding yourself again. 

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  1. This theatre dreamscape portrays an astounding metamorphosis, a moulting: the tale of a woman on a quest for her true skin, a skin the colour of freedom. Astoundingly, the many characters in this reinvented fairy tale are all portrayed by two magnetic performers: Sophie…

  2. This caustic comedy for neurotypical and neurodivergent performers tackles contemporary ethical issues, including the infamous “who can play whom,” as laid out by Pirandello a century ago. But instead of walking on eggshells to tiptoe around the answer, the…

  3.  The breathtaking Anne-Marie Olivier plays Maurice Dancause, a man who, after a violent stroke, woke up a total stranger to himself. Everything he had taken for granted had to be relearned: speaking, eating, holding a spoon. With help from a conversation partner…

  4. A joyous exchange of ideas, eloquent and irreverent, about the works that have left their mark on Western theatre. A fantastic team of artists unabashedly plays with the ostentatious subject of what makes a “classic” to cast an “antiquatedly new”…

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