NOUS VOIR NOUS
Written by Guillaume Corbeil
Translated into English by Jack Paterson
Who are we? What are we? What defines identity, language, and human interaction in the era of online social networking? Five online personalities create their tastes, their knowledge, and everything what they have seen, thought, experienced or imagined in a battle to define their personalities and place in the world.
Date: March 24, 2018, 4 PM
Location: Oh Canada F(Eh)stival
Landor Spaces: 70 Landor Road, London, United Kingdom SW9 9PH
Standard £12 – Concessions £10
Website: Oh Canada F(eh)stival
About The Playwright : Guillaume Corbeil
Guillaume Corbeil is a leading new voice in Quebecois francophone theatre. In 2008, Guillaume Corbeil published a collection of articles entitled L’art de la fugue (Éditions La Instant), which was a Governor General’s awards finalist and recipient of the Adrienne-Choquette award. In September 2009, he published his first novel, Pleurer comme dans les films (Leméac). In 2010, commissioned by Libre Expression, he wrote Brassard, a biography of acclaimed director André Brassard. In 2011, he graduated from the French language writing program at The National Theatre School of Canada. Since then he has written for the stage Le Mécanicien, Tu iras la chercher and Nous voir nous. His work has been seen at Espace Go and Theatre d’aujourd’hui. He was awarded the Critics ‘ Prize for the Best New Play, the Prix Michel Tremblay and the audience choice Primers Festival in Saarbrücken, Germany.
About the Play:
“Social Media is such a rich subject. This network requires us to ask ourselves fundamental questions about our society: what exists? Where do we exist? Who are we? It’s also a piece on the loss of the language; we communicates on Facebook by clicking “like” and exchanging YouTube videos! We “like”, but have nothing to say and define ourselves through the words of others.” – Guillaume Corbeil
Production & Awards:
2013:
Théâtre PàP, Directed by Claude Poison and was presented at the National Arts Centre (Ottawa)
Espace Go (Montréal)
Théâtre de la Manufacture (Avignon)
The Primeurs Festival (Saarbrücken, GER)
2014:
Theater der Jungen Welt (Leipzig, GER) under the title Man sieht sich, translated by Frank Heibert
Reviews:
“…the highlight of last season…” – Philippe Couture, Voir
“…provocative, compelling…audacious and successful both in form and in content.” – Luc Boulanger, La Presse
“A brilliant text by Guillaume Corbeil…a reflection on our disturbing need for attention, our desire for a stage, our indifference, and especially our solitude .” – Natalia Wysocka, Métro
Awards:
- Prix Michel-Tremblay (Montreal, CAN)
- Le Prix De La Critique: Outstanding New Text (Montreal, CAN)
- Audience Choice Award, Primeurs Festival (Saarbrücken, Germany)
