CHANTE AVEC MOI
2010 to 2014
An unsound song recital for 50 performers
1st production at Espace Libre, Montréal
October 26th to November 6th, 2010
Tour Dates
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, 2011
Usine C, as part of the Festival TransAmériques, Montréal, 2012
2nd Version (with a new cast)
Théâtre du Trident, Québec, 2014
Running time — 65 minutes
Best production in Montréal, 2010-2011
l'Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre Prize (AQCT)
Chante avec moi seeks to thwart audience expectations by taking a major detour, by way of song, to theatre. The audience is plunged in a musical theatre world which becomes a nightmare, eventually revealing the inner workings of Performance, the show within the show.
The play is in the form of a long song which lasts a little over an hour. The song is first performed by one person, then two, three, four… until 40 performers fill the entire stage. The characters are the actors themselves. Their costumes are their everyday clothes. The set is the stripped down stage.
I am singing
so you can sing
along with me
ORIGINAL CAST AND CREW
Written by Olivier Choinière
Directed by Alexia Bürger and Olivier Choinière
Performed by Christian Baril, Marie Bernier, Delphine Bienvenu, Sabrina Bisson, Dany Boudreault, Julie Carrier-Prévost, Simone Chevalot, Guillaume Chouinard, Élisa Compagnon, Benoît Dagenais, Annie Darisse, Étienne De Santis-Savoie, Ève Duranceau, Marie-Michelle Garon, David Giguère, Émilie Gilbert, Mathieu Gosselin, Johanne Haberlin, Kevin Houle, Guillermina Kerwin, Ève Landry, Christian Laporte, Justin Laramée, Milène Leclerc, Valérie Le Maire, Marika Lhoumeau, Pierre Limoges, Jean Maheux, Mathieu Marcil, François Marquis, Iannicko N'Doua, Frédéric Paquet, Emmanuelle Orange-Parent, Christian Perrault, Sébastien Rajotte, Isabel Rancier, Philippe Robert, Daniel Rousse, Brigitte St-Aubin, Ines Talbi and 2nd year students from the National Theater School of Canada: Geneviève Beaudet, Jade Bruneau, Isabelle Caron, Jérémie Desbiens, Xavier Huard, Alexandre Lagueux, Félix Léveillé, Laurence Régnier, Jade-Mariuka Robitaille
Guest stars Bernard Adamus, Stéphane Archambault, Stéphane Crête, Urbain Desbois, Pierre Lapointe, Jérôme Minière, Ariane Moffatt, Yann Perreau, Damien Robitaille and Tricot Machine.
Assistant to the Director and Stage Manager Charlotte Ménard
Music Director Philippe Brault
Choreographer Line Nault
Lighting designed by Erwann Bernard
Sound Olivier Gaudet-Savard
Technical Director Cynthia Bouchard-Gosselin
Communications Isabelle Mandalian
Production manager Annie Lalande
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Produced by L'ACTIVITÉ and copresented by Espace Libre
TOURING CAST AND CREW
Written by Olivier Choinière
Directed by Alexia Bürger and Olivier Choinière
Performed by Marie Bernier, Delphine Bienvenu, Sabrina Bisson, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Dany Boudreault, Philippe Brault, Julie Carrier-Prévost, Simone Chevalot, Guillaume Chouinard, Fabien Cloutier, Annie Darisse-Desbiens, Daniel Desputeau, Ève Duranceau, Éric Forget, Marie -Michelle Garon, David Giguère, Émilie Gilbert, Mathieu Gosselin, Johanne Haberlin, Kevin Houle, Guillermina Kerwin, Ève Landry, Christian Laporte, Justin Laramée, Milène Leclerc, Valérie Le Maire, Marika Lhoumeau, Pierre Limoges, Mathieu Marcil, François Marquis, André Morissette, Iannicko N'Doua, Emmanuelle Orange-Parent, Frédéric Paquet, Christian Perrault, Micheline Poitras, Isabel Rancier, Philippe Robert, Daniel Rousse, Brigitte St-Aubin, Ines Talbi and Les petits choirs de l'École Montessori de l' Outaouais
Guest stars Daniel Bélanger, Pierre Lapointe, Andrea Lindsay, Ariane Moffatt, Yann Perreau
Set, Costume and Prop Designer Romain Fabre
Production Manager Hélène Rheault
Technical Director Julie Touchette
Sound Hugo Trépanier
Assistant director and Stage Manager Julien Véronneau
Music Director Véronika Makdissi Warren
Chorus Leader Vicky Talbot choir
Seamstress Hélène Ruel
Lighting designed by Erwann Bernard
Music Olivier Choinière
Musical Arrangement Philippe Brault
Choreography Line Nault
Conductor Elizabeth Dehler
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Produced by L'ACTIVITÉ
SECOND VERSION CAST AND CREW (QUEBEC)
Performed by Bertrand Alain, Jean-Marie Alexandre, Ann-Sophie Archer, Véronique Aubut, Marc Auger-Gosselin, Marie-Josée Bastien, Charles-Étienne Beaulne, Nancy Bernier, Caroline Boucher-Boudreault, Claude Breton-Potvin, Sylvie Cantin, Vincent Champoux , Anne-Marie Côté, Véronique Côté, Eva Daigle, Maud de Palma-Duquet, Jean-Pierre Cloutier, Erika Gagnon, Jonathan Gagnon, Israel Gamache, Marie-Hélène Gendreau, Jean-Michel Girouard, Marie-Hélène Lalande, Denis Lamontagne, Simon Larouche, Simon Lepage, Julie Lespérance, Marianne Marceau, Kevin McKoy, Christian Michaud, Michel Nadeau, Olivier Normand Laplante, Jocelyn Pelletier, Monika Pilon, Lucien Ratio, Maxime Robin, Jessica Ruel-Thériault, Patric Saucier, Philippe Savard, Caroline Stephenson , Marjorie Vaillancourt, Raymonde Gagnié.
Guest stars Stéphane Archambault, Joe Bocan, Marie Carmen, Marc Dery, Michel Faubert, Marc Hervieux, Jorane, Keith Koona, Marie-Josée Lord, Jerome Minière, Emile Proulx-Cloutier.
Written by Olivier Choinière
Directed by Alexia Bürger and Olivier Choinière
Set, Costume and Prop designed by Romain Fabre
Production manager Hélène Rheault
Technical Director Julie Touchette
Sound Hugo Trépanier
Assistant Director and Stage Manager Julien Véronneau
Music Director Véronika Makdissi Warren
Chorus Leader Vicky Talbot choir
Seamstress Hélène Ruel
Lighting designed by Erwann Bernard
Music Olivier Choinière
Musical Arrangement Philippe Brault
Choreography Line Nault
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Produced by L'ACTIVITÉ in collaboration with Théâtre du Trident