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And Until the End, Beauty.
Grand Théâtre de Québec
A treatise on memory, illness, the people we love who leave us. But I also make funny faces! For this new effort, I won't give you the "a more personal show..." line. I've already done that. I turn here to others – to one in particular – and to an incurable illness that is taking our mother from my family and me: an inimitable iconoclast, a free thinker open to the world and its beauty; a lover of life leaving a colossal impact on mine. Our family's journey through the healthcare system, its flaws, its successes (yes, yes...), our role as caregivers, and our very curious collective relationship with aging and the fate of seniors. I wrote this show over a seven-year period. Through accompanying her in illness, loss of autonomy, anger, and the small rays of light. A diary that has become public. My sister Marie is very present. She is my teammate, the captain of our family ship. Here, in her words, is what I've been trying to express: "This is what illness leaves behind: beauty. When the frenzy of obligations and life plans fades, beauty remains. Not the formatted, loud beauty imposed by the outside world, but the one hidden in the in-between spaces of life. Those we will spend most of our lives not seeing, because we are busy with something else. Moments suspended in the very heart of time. Little jokes, the softness of a caress, a knowing glance, a hummed tune. When illness erases everything useful from life, beauty remains." A presentation by Groupe Phaneuf
Comedy · Humour
From 58.20 CAD