Civilization and Its Discontents

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With her bold and innovative approach to stage direction, Alix Dufresne is a rising star in the performing arts. She explores the body and various media, combining artistic material with committed speech.

Trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, Alix presented Les paroles de Daniel Keene at Prospero, Nuits Frauduleuses at CTD’A, Hidden Paradise at Festival TransAmériques, Geneviève Pettersen’s La déesse des mouches à feu at Quat’Sous, Noémie de Lattre’s Féministe pour hommes at Usine C and Civilization and its Discontents, co-created with Étienne Lepage at Festival TransAmériques.

Awarded the John Hirsch Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts in April 2022, she presented Hidden Paradise at Avignon's Théâtre du Train Bleu later that year.

A leading voice in Quebec theater, Étienne Lepage captures the imagination with his rhythmic language and cruel humour. Presenting humans who are as clumsy as they are disturbing, his work makes us contemplate the powerlessness of our wills in all its magnitude.

Animated by numerous strong collaborations, among others with Catherine Vidal (Robin et Marion, L’Idiot, Le Cœur en hiver), Claude Poissant (Rouge Gueule, Le Ravissement) and Frédérick Gravel (Logique du pire, Ainsi parlait…), his work leads him to the international contemporary scene as well as to institutional theaters.

Very present on the Montreal stage, he is also known in Europe and in the rest of North America where his plays are translated and performed regularly.

Rose-Anne Déry is a versatile actress who first gained recognition for her role as Sophie in Conseils de famille. She has also been seen as Marylyn Boily in STAT, and has appeared in District 31, Entre deux draps, le Bonheur, and Plan B-4. Additionally, she has acted in several web series, shorts, and feature films, including Entrelacés by Érika Mathieu, a role for which she was nominated for a Gémeaux Award. In 2017, she wrote the screenplay for the short film La psychologie des planètes, directed by Anick Lemay, and in 2019, she wrote and produced the film Tendrement, marking her directorial debut, which was presented in more than fifteen festivals worldwide.

In theatre, she co-wrote Table Rase, a play in which she also acted, and which received the critics' award for best original text. With her theatre company, Tableau Noir, she produced and acted in Le Terrier (Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Duceppe), Je ne te savais pas poète (Espace Libre), and Une Journée (Théâtre à tour de rôle, Quat’sous). She has also been featured in the plays Deux femmes en or, Le désir and Hurlevents, and more recently in Quatre Filles (Théâtre Denise-Pelletier), where she portrayed Jo March.

She made her directorial debut in 2022 with the play Fondant at the 5 à 7 series at Théâtre La Licorne. In 2013, she won a scholarship from the Hnatyshyn Foundation in the French Dramatic Performance category, and in 2019, she was nominated at the Prix Duceppe gala in the Emerging Talent category for Le Terrier.

Having graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, Maxime Genois has acted in Raconter le feu aux forêts, Le vin herbé, Tartuffe, Fifi Brindacier, Détruire nous allons, and Fredy. In 2018, he also directed Nero and the fall of Lehman Brothers. This year, he will be part of the cast in the plays La société des poètes disparus and Les amoureux at Théâtre Denise Pelletier.

In 2016, he co-wrote with Nicolas Dionne-Simard and directed the short film Le clown, which won the Jury Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival. He has acted in several short films including Pui pui, Jojo, Tucson, Silence, District 3, Tadoussac, Petit Poulet, Bateau chinois Virga, and La Mue. In 2018, he appeared in Matthias et Maxime (Xavier Dolan) and Le bruit des moteurs (Philippe Grégoire). He is also part of the cast of the films Les Barbares de la Malbaie (Vincent Biron), Souterrain (Sophie Dupuis).

His television credits include O’, Jean Béliveau, Hubert et Fanny, Demain des hommes, Bête noire, Manuel de la vie sauvage, Pour toujours plus un jour, C’est comme ça que je t’aime season 2, and Virage-Double faute. He has also took part in the web series Cœur d’or, Georges est mort, and Hypno.

Graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 2001, Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon, one of the founders of Théâtre de la Banquette Arrière, has distinguished himself early on the Montreal theatrical scene.

He received the "Cochon d'Or for Best Performance" for Le Grand Cahier directed by Catherine Vidal, and was nominated for the Montreal Critics' Award as "Best Actor" for his role as Robin in Robin et Marion (Catherine Vidal). He was part of Dave St-Pierre's company, dancing in Montreal and on a European tour until 2011, participating in notable projects such as La Pornographie des âmes, Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!, and Foudre. He formed an excellent duo with Danielle Proulx in Vincent River (Robert Bellefeuille) at Quat’sous. He performed in Logic of the Worst (Etienne Lepage and Frédérick Gravel) at Théâtre La Chapelle, in Les Plouffe (Maryse Lapierre) at Théâtre Le Trident, and in Les enivrés (Florent Siaud) at Théâtre Prospero. He also appeared in Planotov, amour haines et angles morts under the direction of Angela Konrad at the same theater, earning him a nomination as "Best Actor" at the AQCT Critics' Awards. Renaud frequently returns to the stage at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, appearing in L’idiot (Catherine Vidal), Icare (Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon), Richard III (Brigitte Haentjens), Le Rêveur dans son bain (Hugo Bélanger), and in Le Petit Prince (Sophie Cadieux), broadcast on Télé-Québec. In 2022, Renaud took to the stage at Quat'sous in Une journée (Olivia Palacci), and reprised the role of Professor John Keating in La Société des Poètes Disparus (Sébastien David) at Théâtre Denise Pelletier and on tour.

He has also appeared on television in L'oeil du Cyclone, District 31, Trop, Les Bobos, Ruptures. He starred in the feature film St-Martyr-des-Damnés, written and directed by Robin Aubert.

Since graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2015, Alice Moreault has taken on numerous roles on television, including in Comment devenir une légende, Le jeu, Alertes, Le bonheur, and Anna et Arnaud.

On the big screen, she played the role of Sandrine in Bruce LaBruce's Saint-Narcisse, and has been involved in several short films, both as an actress, writer, and producer. Soon, she will appear in the latest feature film directed by Sophie Dupuis, Drag, as well as in Les jours heureux by Chloé Robichaud.

In theatre, Alice has performed in Les Plouffe at Théâtre du Trident, Les louves at Espace Go, La société des poètes disparus at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Laurel et Hardy at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and in Le désir, Psychédélique Marilou, Invisibles, and Clara at various other institutions.

Direction Alix Dufresne et Étienne Lepage
Text Étienne Lepage
Performance Rose-Anne Déry, Maxime Genois, Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon, Alice Moreault
Cocreation Florence Blain Mbaye, Maxime Genois, Renaud Lacelle-Bourdon et Alice Moreault
Set and costume design Odile Gamache
Light design Leticia Hamaoui
Music Robert Marcel Lepage
Technical direction and light design assistant Ariane Roy

Production Étienne Lepage
Executive producer DLD | Direction artistique Frédérick Gravel
Coproduction Festival TransAmériques ; L’ANCRE – Théâtre Royal (Charleroi) ;  Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay ; Espace Le vrai monde ? ; Salle de diffusion de Parc Extension ; DLD | Direction artistique Frédérick Gravel
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With the support of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec  and the Canada Council for the Arts