After Albane, the company La Bouche_la Machine returns to the first act boards, this time with a text written by Marie-Ève Lussier-Gariépy and staged by Odile Gagné-Roy. That the beautiful days are short pays tribute to Isle-aux-Coudres, but especially to its elders.
Immediately, the superb scenography of Marianne Lebel catches the eye, with his furniture leaning in all the angles and her background which lets imagine the river, the mountains and the changing light of the Isle-aux-Coudres. A great way to mark the wind and instability of the landscape, and to install a certain tension.
Léa appears, a young literature student who came to write poetry on the island and the common thread of the story. His story, which comes down to his languor for his girlfriend who left for Iceland, will however be eclipsed by that of Marie and Éloi, old couple of endearing islanders. Happy return to interpretation that that of Eudore Belzile, who gives life to this proud country grandfather as we all know. Added Benoît, grandson of the couple, artist of the abstract determined to stay on the island.
-The scenes, centered on dialogues between two characters, follow one another and look alike, slowing down the rhythm. Several promising evocations – a pregnancy, the death of Benoît’s parents, the darkness of his paintings – are unfortunately never developed. Nevertheless emerge from the text several interesting parallels around two generations, the need to leave and find a home, from different visions of art.
Let us salute in passing the light games of Keven Dubois and the first musical composition for the theater of the singer-songwriter Philémon Cimon.
That the beautiful days are short is presented at first act until May 17.
