An immersive experience, the audience for Phases chromatiques is be guided by sound through a tumult of colour, light and sound effects that cheerfully shake up theatrical conventions. The work of sound spatialization will be so important that spectators are invited to wear headphones. The sound design has therefore been entrusted to an ace: Éric Forget.
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedies, recounting the murder of a king by the titular general, devoured by ambition and driven by his wife to seize power. Eaten away by guilt and paranoia, the evil couple then sinks into madness. A cathartic play, if ever there was one. Production designer Jocelyn Pelletier wanted to give it an even more powerful dimension, by combining pounding rhythms and roaring guitars with a death-metal musical framework. And it’s not likely to miss its mark, since the sound design was entrusted to none other than the irreducible noise artist Érick d’Orion. Sensitive souls abstain.
English surtitles and discussion with the artists after the performance on Friday the 13th.
Photo credit: Chris Filippini
Edmonton-born but based in Montreal, Sean Nicholas Savage is a singer-songwriter who has been active on the indie scene for a dozen years and has made as many records. His songs for Please Thrill Me are the culmination of his exploration of major pop-music genres over the course of his albums. The narrative: two punks, Jazz (Savage) and Pop (Adam Byczkowski), meet while boarding a freight train. One is looking for himself, the other wants to go home to a big city by the sea. There they meet a series of characters, including the Artist (Jane Penny) and Rocky (Lulu Hugues), driven by all sorts of desires and ideals.
For this ambitious production, Savage has enlisted the services of actress and director Sophie Cadieux and the Pantomime Opera Ballet collective, which specializes in multidisciplinary shows.
In English, with French surtitles for certain performances.
Other performances of this show at Théâtre La Chapelle:
• Tuesday, February 18, 8 p.m.
• Thursday, February 20, 8 p.m.
• Friday, February 21, 8 p.m.
• Saturday, February 22, 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.
• Monday, February 24, 7 p.m.
• Thursday, February 25, 8 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 26, 8 p.m.
• Friday, February 28, 8 p.m.
• Saturday, February 29, 9 p.m.
• Sunday, March 1st, 4 p.m.