Our mother tongue, the profound identity that it gives us and the humiliation of not being able to speak it freely are some of the central themes in Mouawad's latest play, the second he has devoted to the family.
A woman, an expert in conflict mediation, is driving through a snowstorm towards Ottawa, where she is to give a talk. Her commitment and the difficult weather conditions lead her to an hotel room where everything, from the lights to the fridge, is activated by voice, bilingually in English and French. But what will happen when our protagonist cannot turn on any of the devices by using her own language? Annick Bergeron performs a “monologue”, despite not being the only character in this work, which features the support of audiovisual projections. This play is the second in the Canadian author’s Domestic cycle, which he began with Seuls, symbol of the son (presented at the Teatre Lliure), continues with Germanes (Soeurs), and which he will follow with Frères and, finally, Père et Mère. “Sisters” is a kind of stage puzzle that explores ideas of privacy and autofiction. In it, the text is just one part of a series of materials that Bergeron has built up, on behalf of the director, some of them as a result of the long relationship she established with Nayla, Mouawad’s elder sister.
Text i direcció: Wajdi Mouawad; Inspirat per: Nayla Mouawad, Annick Bergeron; Dramatúrgia: Charlotte Farcet; Intèrpret: Annick Bergeron; Veus: Annick Bergeron (nevera, televisor, canals de televisió), Christelle Franca (Virginie), Aimée Mouawad (veus de nens), Wajdi Mouawad (Arnold); Ajudant de direcció: Alain Roy ; Escenografia: Emmanuel Clolus; Disseny d'il·luminació: Éric Champoux, amb la col·laboració d'Éric Le Brec'h; Vestuari: Emmanuelle Thomas; Disseny de vídeo: Dominique Daviet, Wajdi Mouawad; Direcció musical: Christelle Franca; Composició musical: David Dury; Músiques addicionals: Je ne suis qu'une chanson, de Ginette Reno, Saat Saat, de Sabah, i Estudi opus 76 núm. 2, de Jean Sibelius; Disseny de so: Michel Maurer; Maquillatge: Angelo Barsetti ; Direcció de producció: Maryse Beauchesne; Direcció tècnica: Pierre-Yves Chouin; Regidoria: Éric Morel; Operador de llums: Éric Le Brec'h; Operador de vídeo: Olivier Petitgas; Producció executiva local: Ysarca; Fotografia: Pascal Gely;
