Thursday, September 5, 2024

Monique Leyrac Mon pays (de Gilles Vigneault) au festival de Sopot Pologne en 1965

avec Mon pays de Gilles Vigneault elle y a (Sopot Pologne 1965) remporté le gand prix d'interpretation avant d'aller à Ostende  en Belgique pour y reporter également un grand prix.

Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver.

 

A good and more recent overview - where is Wajdi now?

Mouawad’s stories—and the tactics he employs to stage them—have always challenged his audiences to look closely at how the personal and the political intersect, though this does not always work out exactly as intended. His is an uncompromising vision, and in the past, the tensions between the moral dilemmas he brings to the stage and the possibilities that society is willing to accept have gotten him into trouble—Mouawad’s shows have faced political debate, censure, and cancellation. It may be one reason why, eight years ago, Wajdi Mouawad decided to leave Canada behind. 

from: A Controversial Playwright Takes On the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Eight years ago, Wajdi Mouawad left Canada after his plays faced censure and cancellation.   
Now he’s back.

by Dimitri Nasrallah
Updated 14:52, Dec. 1, 2023 | Published 14:26, Aug. 27, 2019

The company meets to finish the deep read....

 ...following a company hosted read for our build crew at the start of the new year:


Words of Wisdom from the Director: 

If you have one gear, and you stay in it, you will burn the engine.
 
Rhythm. Changes.


perspective: more films to know about: No Other Land

No Other Land, a   review in the Guardian: [This] powerful Israel-Palestine documentary is essential viewing....A Palestinian-Israeli colle...