5 FACES OF CAMILLE BRUNELLE
By Guillaume Corbeil (Quebec, Canada)Francophone Canadian Theatre
5 FACES OF CAMILLE BRUNELLE
By Guillaume Corbeil
UK & EU English Language Translation
Translated from NOUS VOIR NOUS: CINQ VISAGES POUR CAMILLE BRUNELLE (Quebec, Canada)
Synopsis
“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 communicate 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
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.
About
Ages: Adult
Length: 1 hr 30
Characters: 5 Actors (2 M / 3 F)
This translation was commissioned BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective; with Dramatugy support by PTC (Vancouver, Canada).
Production History
This translation was workshoped at the Universiy of Essex and the East 15 Acting Acting School (London,UK) with students from the International Acting MA/ MFA program. It received a second workshop with Playwrights’ Theatre Centre with Dramatugy by Heidi Taylor and was presented in stage reading form at the rEvolver Festival and The Cultch (Vancouver, Canada).
It received a third staged reading as part of the Oh Canada F(EH)stival in London, UK.
Awards & Notables
This play is the recipient of:
- Prix Michel-Tremblay (Montreal, CAN)
- Le Prix De La Critique: Outstanding New Text (Montreal, CAN)
- Audience Choice Award, Primeurs Festival (Saarbrücken, Germany)
Staged Reading at the Oh Canada F(Eh)stival. Directed by Jack Paterson. Featuring Carmina Bernhardt, Liam Fleming, Mikey Howe, Jenna Violet Rose Thorne and Emily Snee.
Staged Reading at The rEvolver Festival (The Culch). Dramaturged & Directed by Heidi Taylor. Featuring Trisha Li, Sarah Roa, Kacey Rohl, Sean Patrick Sonier & Deneh Thompson (Vancouver, Canada)
Workshop with East 15 Acting School featuring Roman Blomme, Owen Clark, Ming Hudson & Courtney Larkin
Press
“…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
TRANSLATION EXCERPT
ONE
What’s with you?
FOUR
I don’t know
This is all too much
I can’t keep making you think I am someone else
I’m not who you think I am
Someone who’s interested in art
And is going to save the world
I’m boring
I’m just me
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.
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