Zack Settel, music | Wajdi Mouawad, libretto | Claude Poissant, stage direction | Guillaume Lord, stage Design | François Roupinian, lighting | Jacques-Lee Pelletier, make-up | Marie-Pierre Fleury, costumes | Pierre Lafontaine, hairstyling
Éthel Guéret, mezzo-soprano | Claudine Ledoux, mezzo-soprano | Bernard Levasseur, baritone | Patrick Mallette, bass-baritone | Lysianne Tremblay, mezzo-soprano
Traces
Coproduction with the Festival Les coups de théâtre and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
Dec. 1, 2002, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, world premiere
Dec. 2, 3, 2002, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
May 7, 8, 9, 2003, Toronto, reprise
Oct. 17, 2003, Utrecht (Netherlands), reprise
The encounter between Zack Settel’s refined score, Wajdi Mouawad’s touching text and Claude Poissant’s subtle staging offers us a moment of magic. The creators look back on the genesis of this luminous show that would enchant children and adults alike.
A young girl named Julie is found three weeks after going missing. A psychologist speaks with her to find out why she hid with her dog in her grandmother’s basement, at the foot of her grandmother’s corpse. Why won’t she talk? Because that was the night her grandmother gave her the dream of Pacamambo.
PRESS REVIEW