Quills
Ex Machina / Robert Lepage
Hydro-Québec Auditorium
Warning: The show contains stroboscopic effects.
Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them?
The story begins in France during the reign of Napoleon I, in the peaceful Charenton Asylum, where the most famous resident is the irrepressible Marquis de Sade. Abbé de Coulmier, the director of the facility, believes he can rehabilitate this man who uses his writing to explore what is forbidden to humans, his sexual urges and his immoral desires.
Performers
Pierre-Yves Cardinal
Sophie Faucher
Pierre-Olivier Grondin
Robert Lepage
Jean-Sébastien Ouellette
Mary-Lee Picknell
Credits
Text Doug Wright
French Translation Jean-Pierre Cloutier
Directors and Scenic Designers Jean-Pierre Cloutier and Robert Lepage
Assistant Director Adèle Saint-Amand
Lighting Designer Lucie Bazzo
Sound Designer Antoine Bédard
Costume Designer Sébastien Dionne
Associate Set Designer Christian Fontaine
Properties Designer Sylvie Courbron
Wigs Richard Hansen
Makeup Design Gabrielle Brulotte
Production Manager Marie-Pierre Gagné
Production Assistant and Tour Manager Véronique St-Jacques
Technical Directors Catherine Guay and Paul Bourque
Technical Director (Touring) Jean-Félix Labrie
Stage Manager Francis Beaulieu
Sound Manager Stanislas Élie
Lighting Manager Elliot Gaudreau
Costume and Properties Manager Émilie Potvin
Head Stagehand Anne-Marie Bureau
Stagehand Louis-Philippe Cloutier
Technical Consultant Tobie Horswill
Set Construction Astuce décors, Conception Alain Gagné and Scène Éthique
Costume Construction Par Apparat confection créative and Sébastien Dionne
Robert Lepage's Agent Lynda Beaulieu
Production Ex Machina
