En juin dernier, au Centre des Arts d’Ottawa, Marie Brassard a monté un spectacle à partir des textes de Nelly Arcan, une jeune écrivaine qui s’est suicidée à trente-six ans, à Montréal: La Fureur de ce que je pense d’après son roman(voir l’article de Jane Baldwin http://capitalcriticscircle.com/?s=Nelly+Arcan), premier jalon théâtral de la création auto-fictionnelle cette …
Seeing La fureur de ce que je pense was my first experience of Nelly Arcan’s writing, far less known in the English-speaking world than in the French where her work has been nominated for several prestigious awards. Before attaining fame as an author, she worked as a sex escort. At 36 years of age, she …
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — The Shaw Festival may well be giving us the most glorious experience of a Canadian theatrical summer. It’s subjecting its audiences to nearly four hours of riveting theatre with The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide To Capitalism And Socialism With A Key To The Scriptures. And yes, the very title of Tony Kushner’s …