Maurice
A true story, performed
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35982
In-person event
Without a safety net, the brash actress turns toward us: Is there a volunteer in the audience? Who will step out of their reassuringly anonymous seat to help reconstruct the true story of the courageous survivor of a stroke? An hour and a quarter of pure theatrical vertigo, both in form and narrative. With fearsome accuracy, the breathtaking Anne-Marie Olivier steps into the shoes of Maurice Dancause, an economist and civil servant who, at thirty-three years old, suffered a stroke...
Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
“The incomparable tale of an ordinary resurrection”
- In-person event
- Français
- ≈ 75 minutes · No intermission
Without a safety net, the brash actress turns toward us: Is there a volunteer in the audience? Who will step out of their reassuringly anonymous seat to help reconstruct the true story of the courageous survivor of a stroke? An hour and a quarter of pure theatrical vertigo, both in form and narrative.
With fearsome accuracy, the breathtaking Anne-Marie Olivier steps into the shoes of Maurice Dancause, an economist and civil servant who, at thirty-three years old, suffered a stroke and spent nine days in a coma, waking up a total stranger to himself. Everything he had taken for granted, from speaking to eating and holding a spoon, had to be relearned. The set design accurately recreates the interviews that Anne-Marie held with this miraculously self-cured man. And every night, the show transforms and takes on new life with a conversation partner chosen at random from the crowd.
It's a deeply moving tale of resilience, discovering how Maurice Dancause chose to stay on the side of light and turn this intimate tragedy into a chance to grow and become a better person. His stop-and start, hesitant speech becomes poetry, and his fight our own.
- Playwright Anne-Marie Olivier
- Director Olivier Arteau
- With Anne-Marie Olivier et Michèle Motard
- Scenic Design and Costumes Erica Schmitz
- Lighting Lucie Bazzo
- Makeup Élène Pearson
- Artistic Consultation Julie Marie Bourgeois and Sarah Villeneuve-Desjardins
- Production Manager Anne Baillard et Charlotte Ménard
- Technical Director Éric Le Brec’h
- Production Théâtre Bienvenue aux dames!
