Nuits claires: Double Vie
Mainstage audience
Following their writing challenge as part of Nuits claires, artist Anaïs West invites you to attend a preview of the first stage presentation of their project Nuits claires: Double Vie. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with the artists.
During their writing month, Anaïs explored the night as a site of reinvention. What emerged is a poetic, bilingual monologue in which a nameless protagonist, plagued by paranoia and family ghosts, discovers a portal to another self. In Double Vie, Anaïs probes the darkness that exists in sexuality and cultural inheritance, asking if a new city, language, or erotic extreme can transform us.
In French and English.
Location: Studio 16
Time: 7:30pm
Warnings
The performance contains explicit descriptions of sex and kink (including dominance, submission, impact and breath play, degradation and praise), as well as representations of OCD, anxiety, intergenerational trauma and brief moments of internalized transphobia.
Ideation Nuits claires Théâtre la Seizième (Vancouver, Canada) and Centre National des Arts (Ottawa, Canada) – Creation Anaïs West – Artistic collaborators Alexa Fraser, Joanna Garfinkel, Nancy Lee, Rae Takei, Matthew Tomkinson and Elio Zarillo
Carte blanche
Mainstage audience
This season, we are placing a strong emphasis on creativity by giving a free rein to a francophone or francophile artist or artistic duo. The Carte Blanche is an opportunity for artists to enrich an original idea. This exploration phase will then be shared with the audience, allowing them to understand the creative process and artistic approach, and engage in discussions with the artist.
Following a rigorous selection process, we are pleased to announce that the duo formed by Isabelle Kirouac and Willoughby Arévalo has been chosen. She is a choreographer and teacher originally from Quebec, and he is a mycologist, writer, and teacher born in California. The duo draws its inspiration from ecological issues and sensory stimulation. Strongly inspired by the poetry of the senses, ecology, and particularly mycology, they have developed a multidisciplinary, sensory, and playful project called Art & Fungi.
During their ten-day residency, the Carte Blanche will allow them to begin an unprecedented research process focused on their area of expertise: fungal life.
Free presentation on May 31, 2025
Location: Studio 16
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
