Marguerite: Le feu
Productions Onishka, a co-production with ESPACE GO
Hydro-Québec Auditorium
In 1740, the trial of Marguerite Duplessis took place here in Quebec. This young Indigenous woman initiated a trial to demand her freedom. Bought to be resold, she was to be sent immediately on a merchant ship to Martinique. This was the first time in the history of New France that an Indigenous person filed a lawsuit. It was also the first time that an enslaved person tried to have her right to liberty recognized. Inevitably, Marguerite lost the trial and was sent to Martinique. What became of her is unknown.
What People Are Saying...
«Formellement, ce spectacle est un objet unique, onirique, un brin ésotérique, au croisement du théâtre, de la performance, de la création sonore et de la vidéo.»
«La plus grande prouesse de Marguerite : le feu se situe dans cette capacité à créer auprès du public des réactions profondes à travers son usage de différentes formes artistiques.»
«C’est le feu de Marguerite qui a inspiré ce spectacle. C’est ce même feu qui brûle chez toutes les Marguerite, celles d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, qui luttent pour faire reconnaître la justice.»
Performers
Émilie Monnet
Aïcha Bastien N’Diaye
Angélique Willkie
Credits
Playwright ÉMILIE MONNET
Directors ÉMILIE MONNET and ANGÉLIQUE WILLKIE
Assistant Director LETÍCIA DAL-RI TÓRGO
Co-Director ANGÉLIQUE WILLKIE
Set Designer MAX-OTTO FAUTEUX
Video Designer CAROLINE MONNET
Lighting Designer JULIE BASSE
Costume Designer ERIC POIRIER
Dramaturg MARILOU CRAFT
Soundscape and Sound Designer FRÉDÉRIC AUGER
Sound Manager ANNIE PRÉFONTAINE
Video Integration DOMINIQUE HAWRY
Production Director LUCIE JUNEAU
Technical Director Tristant-Oliver Breiding
A production of Productions Onishka, a co-production with ESPACE GO.
