Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Another movie actor, another kind of play!

Rémy Girard and Les Sept Doigts de la Main in Le murmure du coquelicot at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal, October 5.


What a contrast with the previous week's play. The play in Paris was full of fast, witty dialogue; this one was a monologue (mostly) with acrobatics!  Rémy's character keeps talking, sometimes in response to questions, while the people around him are gliding up and down poles, swinging on trapezes, and turning amazing somersaults over his head and theirs. It certainly held our interest. We were amazed by the physical prowess, and entertained by the wordplay at the same time. Unlike any other show I've ever seen.

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