Centaur Theatre 2017: YOU WILL REMEMBER ME

Centaur Theatre /48th Season

Tu te souviendras de moi
The Quebec English-Language Premiere

March 7 - April 2, 2017

Play written by François Archambault

Translated from French by Bobby Theodore

Directed by Roy Surette

François Archambault, who wrote You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) is a Quebec playwright and the winner of the prestigious Governor General Award. The Centaur theatre assumed the honour to stage the Quebec English-language premiere of this play.

This is a story about family, memory, connection, and also a reconnection. The spectator enters into the main character’s slowly changing world, where Edouard, a highly respected professor, who is also a political commentator and a ladies’ man, can recite famous historical dates but can’t remember what he ate for breakfast. When a suppressed memory springs to life, the line between reality and dreams blurs, allowing him to revisit the past and heal old wounds in a sad, touching, and yet refreshingly funny way. 

Many spectators will relate to this play. The story of an ageing man who is progressively loosing his short term memory will especially hit home with those who had to care for a family member with a similar problem. Also, the Quebec political events of the René Lévesque era will revive many memories...

This is a very clever, sharp, and brilliantly acted play. The plots' tempo never fails, and the story line keeps one engaged mentally and emotionally with the subject matter. The stage settings are used effectively to bring the action inside the house and outside into the woods without skipping a beat.

François Archambault stated about his play:

 “I didn’t want to make a play that only talks about Alzheimer’s; I wanted it to be wider than that. For me, it is more a piece on memory ... memory and history, since the main character is a historian. I explore what we retain of our family history and the history of the society in which we operate; the things that we remember and those we prefer to forget.”

Sadly, this is the last play that Roy Surette directed as Centaur’s Artistic

and Executive Director before returning to the West coast in June to helm Touchstone Theatre. The title You Will Remember Me resonates with his pending departure.

Cast:  Bender, Lally Cadeau, Jean Marchand, Johanna Nutter and Amanda Silveira

Assistant Director:  Stuart Fink

Set & Costume Designer:  Eo Sharp

Lighting Designer:  Luc Prairie

Composer & Sound Designer:  Keith Thomas

Stage Manager:  Samira Rose
Apprentice Stage Manager:  Philippe Gobeille

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For more information, visit the Centaur Theatre website.

Chat Up

Sunday, March 12, 2017,  12:30 PM

FREE ADMISSION

Join Lucinda Chodan, Montreal Gazette's editor in Chief as she speaks with Dr. Natalie Phillips, Neuropsychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology, Concordia University, member of the Centre for Research in Human Development (Concordia) and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (Jewish General Hospital/McGill). You'’ll learn about the latest findings in Dr. Phillips’ research, including  cognition difficulties in Alzheimer’s disease and in ageing, why the two are not the same thing, and questions around risk and prevention.

Complimentary coffee and biscotti, courtesy of Season Sponsor, Bonaparte Restaurant.