International Translation Exchange
Bouche Theatre Collective & Núcleo Experimental present
A New Translation Workshop Reading
O LEITO DO RIO (título provisório)
By Eric Noel
Translated to Portuguese by Zé Henrique de Paula
Translated from Faire des enfants
Directed by Zé Henrique de Paula | Featuring Mafe Alcantara, Roberto Borges, Victor Edwards, Cleomacio Inacio, Marco Antonio Pamio, Fabio Redkowicz, Lena Roque, & Fabiana Tolentino. | Creative Producer – Canada: Jack Paterson
Join us for a Q&A with the playwright, translator and English language translator Jordan Arseneault*
Saturday August 03, 2024 | 8 PM
Teatro do Núcleo Experimental
Rua Barra Funda 637, São Paulo, Brazil
“Fair des enfants touches us right to the heart…Pure and sublime.”
– Luc Boulanger, Le Devoir
Philippe, 24, is self destructing, burning for the dark lights of drugs, sex, alcohol, prostitution. One Sunday, he and his mother wake up at the same time. He senses she’s trying to warn him; she senses something terrible has happened. A visceral and poetic text combining naturalism, surrealism in a blend of lush and gritty language, Fair des enfants won the le Prix Gratien-Gélinas (2010) and receiving critical acclaim for its uncanny depiction of grief and strong dialogue.
*The English (Canada) translation of Faire des enfants was commissioned and developed by Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal and The Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, with dramaturgy by Maureen Labonté.
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Meet the Artists
Eric Noel | Playwright (Canada)
Eric Noel (they, them) is a Quebecois playwright and graduate of NTS French language writing program. They are the author of Faire des enfants (2009), Tirade pour Henri (2010), Ces regards amoureux de garçons altérés (2015) and L’Amoure Looks Something Like You (2020). They are also the author of a libretto for an opera by Vincent-Olivier Gagnon, Sans électricité, les oiseaux disparaissent (2009), and the children’s theatre piece La Mère, le Père, le Petit et le Grand (2012). They also adapted Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince for Theatre La Roulotte Asteroid B612 (2018).
Zé Henrique de Paula | Translator (Brazil)
The Artistic Director of Teatro do Núcleo Experimental, Zé Henrique de Paula has a Master’s degree in Theatre Direction from The University of Essex, London, UK; a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Mackenzie University and post-graduate degree in Performing Arts from the School of Communication and Arts of University of Sao Paulo. He studied Costume Design for Theatre and Screen at Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts – London (UK).
A multi award winning and nominated director, Zé Henrique de Paula’s credits include: The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Naked Boys Singing, Spring Awakening, Side Man, Thrill me – the story of Leopold and Loeb, Natasha, Pierre and the great comet of 1812, Dogville, A view from the bridge, Assoiffés and Brazilian plays: Verdades e fotografias, Judas em Sábado de Aleluia, É 20! As Folias do Século, Revelação, O Endireita, Novelo, Fogo Azul de um Minuto, Antes de Mais Nada, Carrossel, o musical and Chaves – um tributo musical.
Jordan Arseneault | English Language Translator (Canada)
Jordan Arseneault (b. New Brunswick, 1980) is a critic, drag performer, social artist, meeting facilitator and translator. His staged work and participative workshops address issues of criminalization, stigma, mental health, HIV/AIDS, addiction, biculturalism, queerness and community. Former editor of Quebec’s only English language monthly for the LGBT community, 2Bmag (2010-2013), his reviews and articles have been published in Maisonneuve, Nightlife.ca, Forget the Box. He currently lives in Montreal.
About Núcleo Experimental
Since 2005, Núcleo Experimental has been dedicated to exploring new authors and reimagining the classics. Focusing on the quest for artistic excellence, the formation and improvement of its actors and the choice of texts that resonates with contemporary society, one of its aspects is also to explore the relationship between music and theater. We endeavor for the whole of our activities to be a platform for all the best culture can offer to the people of our city: Entertainment combined with intelligent thought, debate of ideas and pleasure. An aesthetic experience combined with a social responsibility. www.nucleoexperimental.com.br
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