The 2024-2025 season of some of Montreal’s theater companies promises to be particularly exciting with several contemporary novels brought to the stage.
So, from the fall, we will have the great pleasure of seeing the so endearing Chris, a key character in the novel The boulevard, by Jean-François Sénéchal, published by Leméac jeunesse. Youth? Yes, but… adults will benefit just as much as teenagers, bookseller faith! Remember that the author has won several literary awards for the three novels which tell the adventures of Chris, including a Governor General’s Literary Award, the Bernadette-Renaud Prize twice and the Prix des libraires du Québec. Besides, The boulevard, At the crossroads And The avenues are now collected in a single volume, called Chris. The play will be presented at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, directed by Frédéric Bélanger.
At the Denise-Pelletier Theater, three recently published novels will be adapted for the stage. Michelin, by Michel-Maxime Legault, published by Éditions du Quartz, will be performed by its author himself in the title role, thanks to a direction by Marie-Thérèse Fortin. Afterwards, My Red Life Kubrick, by the late Simon Roy, published by Boréal, will be adapted and directed by Eric Jean. Finally, The weight of ants, by David Paquet, published by Leméac and winner of a Governor General’s Literary Award, will be presented in a production by Phillipe Cyr. This piece will close the 2024 season.
The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde is tackling two multi-award-winning novels which have shocked readers, each in their own way. The season will open with The woman who fled, by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, published by Marchand de Feuilles, directed by Alexia Bürger. Will follow Kukum, by Michel Jean, published by Libre Expression, directed by Émilie Monnet. Obviously, several indigenous actors and actresses will take part in the play.
Isn’t this theater season going to be tempting? While waiting to be able to appreciate all the power of the living arts, we cannot invite you enough to (re)discover these books teeming with possibilities!
