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Galápagos

As part of Centaur Theatre Company’s Brave New Works Artistic Development Initiative, The Other Theatre presents a first version of Galápagos, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Kurt Vonnegut.

Directed by Stacey Christodoulou, Galápagos is part of The Other Theatre’s Paradise Lost series, which began in 2004 with the installation Expulsion and ended with the French-language premieres of The Fever and The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn.

Written by Kurt Vonnegut (the acclaimed novelist of Mother Night, Welcome to the Monkey House, Breakfast of Champions, and the masterpiece Slaughterhouse Five) Galápagos recounts the ironic decline of the human species as seen through the eyes and minds of the survivors of a doomed cruise to the Galápagos Islands. A tale of evolution with more twists than Darwin could have ever imagined, Galápagos’ post-apocalyptic universe abounds in wonder, coincidence, randomness and irrationality.

2005

production

October 7 -15, 2005

Centaur Theatre
453 St. François-Xavier, Montreal
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Galápagos by
Kurt Vonnegut
Directed by
Stacey Christodoulou
With
Paul-Patrick Charbonneau
Nathalie Claude
Philippe Ducros
Dean Makarenko
France Rolland
and
Anana Rydvald



Set Design
Enrique Enriques
Costumes
Cathia Pagotto
Lighting
David Perreault Ninacs
Sound
Troy Slocum
Stage Manager
Émilie-Julie Dumontier
Production Manager and Technical Director
Isabelle Beaudry
 
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Conçue dans le cadre du projet d’exploration artistique Brave New Works de la Compagnie théâtrale du Centaur, cette analyse ironique du déclin d’espèce humaine sera parachevée au cours des prochains mois et présentée en version définitive en 2006. Invitation a un fascinant work in progress, produit par le tonifiant Other Theatre.
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T. Malavoy-Racine
Voir, 6 octobre 2005
An evolutionary jump
Fascinating and fun adaptation of a satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut will double in length by next year
“With a cast of six that includes Nathalie Claude, France Rolland and Philippe Ducros vigorously portraying a dozen characters, Galápagos has great physical acting going for it, as well as Christodoulou’s restless curiousity and keen stagecraft. Vonnegut’s illuminating and very funny text helps, too.
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Matt Radz
The Gazette
October 13, 2005

 

Just are reminder: The is the end of the world
Multilingual evolutionary apolcalyptica takes you for a ride
“The physical acting is just as important as the script in this original adaptation, a rare balance that is often underrated in theatre. Galàpagos will not disappoint in this respect, with its hilarious acrobatics on a bus, a modern dance interpretation of the marriage rituals of the blue-footed booby (get your mind out of the gutter, it’s a bird) and heart pounding death scenes.
Director Stacey Christodoulou has created the painstakingly tight-running production necessary to intertwine the complex and broad ideas of one million years into two hours without losing the spirit of improv. The feeling is further enhanced by the absence of any backstage area, creating a sense that the players’ entrances are all spontaneous bursts of creativity.
Evolutionary if not revolutionary, Galàpagos entertains while stirring up the deepest thoughts in our fated Big Brains, a feat not easily accomplished.
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Crystal Chan
The McGill Tribune, October 11, 2005

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