2007 “BEST ORIGINAL TEXT” MASQUE AWARD

In this sharp comedy of modern manners, David and Catherine are negotiating the aftermath of their separation. This is an intimate, but intense play on relationships where the world is coming apart, where the past, which, is never brought up, weighs heavily on the present. Caught up in this new relationship, Catherine ans David struggle to define who they are to each other and to their son.

Frédéric Blanchette has his extraordinary ability to create complex and realistic characters (...) A play NOT to be missed, for its relevance and overall quality (…) Brillant dialogues.” La Presse.

Show on tour in Saskatoon: Nov 12 and 13, and in Edmonton from November 19 to 22, 2009.

Théâtre la Seizième presents
RENDEZ-VOUS
By Kathleen Oliver. Translation Mireille Mayrand-Fiset. Directed by Anita Rochon. With Christie Watson.

Théâtre la Seizième has commissioned Vancouver artist Anita Rochon to create a 10 minute theatrical performance to be presented before each performance of Le Périmètre.

POST SHOW TALKBACK Friday, October 23, 2009

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WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE SHOW:

"If you want to know what the only professional, french theatre company in Vancouver is up to and fear not to understand, fear no more. Théâtre la Seizième has SURTITLES for this fantastic, elegant and meaningful production of Le Périmètre. Go see it you wont be disappointed!"
(Audience member on October 20, 2009)

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAID:

"Lyne Barnabé and Gilles Poulin-Denis are charming and emotionally transparent as the former couple. When they flirt, sparks fly. (...)

The show looks tremendous. The colours in Drew Facey’s elegant set—red wood, mushroom walls, hints of lavender—are coolly pleasing.

And Jamie Nesbitt’s video design, in which family snapshots and children’s drawings multiply to form a dizzying montage, is spectacular."

Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight, Oct 26, 2009"

From October 20 to 31, 2009, Théâtre la Seizième presents

LE PERIMETRE (Restraint)
in French with English surtitles

Written by Frédéric Blanchette,

English translation of Restraint by
Christopher Campbell

Producer
Théâtre la Seizième

Directed by
Craig Holzschuh

With
Lyne Barnabé
Fabrice Grover
and Gilles Poulin-Denis

Lighting Design
Jeremy Baxter

Costume and Set Design
Drew Facey

Sound design Danielle Hébert

Surtitles Emma Luna Davis

Props Susan Miyagishima

Movement Catriona Leger

Video Jamie Nesbitt


Studio 16 – 8 pm