Student review by Hannah Skrypnyk     in the theatre criticism class of  Janne Cleveland (Carleton  University) The play was written and performed in French.

How do we deal with painful memories and intimate stories that beg to be told? In La Nouvelle Scène’s production of Michel Ouellette’s one-woman show, Le Dire de Di, director Joël Beddows crisply weaves together the notions of female sexuality and the threat of land exploitation through a series of memories divulged by a sensitive, expressive sixteen-year-old girl. Throughout the play, Di, which fittingly suggests the word “say” in French, leads us through the intricate and sometimes murky details of her past, the history of her family, and the incidents that have come to shape her world. While both the writing and Marie-Ève Fontaine’s performance maintain a high-calibre throughout, what gives this production its richness is the way in which Beddows portrays the gravity of Di’s memories through a first-class use of design elements. …

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