Un.Deux.Trois.

present

A creation of Orange Noyée and Théâtre français du CNA

Creative Team

Text and Direction Mani Soleymanlou in collaboration with the artists
Cast Mani Soleymanlou, Emmanuel Schwartz, Caroline Bélisle, Florence Brunet, Jean Marc Dalpé, Ziad Ek, Nadia Girard Eddahia, Israël Gamache, Cory Haas, Marie-Ève Fontaine, France Huot, Moriana Kachmarsky, John Gislain Kibaga, Anna-Laure Koop, Danielle Le Saux-Farmer, Jean-Christophe Leblanc, Lionel Lehouillier, Carla Mezquita Honhon, Meilie Ng, Dillon Orr, Anaïs Pellin, France Perras, Dominique Pétin, Chloé Petit, Eric Plamondon, Marco Poulin, Caroline Raynaud, Gabriel Robichaud, Marie-Madeleine Sarr, Manon St-Jules, Ines Talbi, Elkahna Talbi, Chloé Thériault, Xavier Yuvens, Jean-Charles Weka & Anais West
Direction Assistant and Stage Management Jean Gaudreau
Lighting Design Erwann Bernard et Martin Sirois
Sound Design Larsen Lupin
Co-Direction of UN and Artistic Consultant on DEUX Alice Ronfard
Direction Intern Margarita Herrera Domínguez
Scripts Sophie Gemme and Chloé Gagné Dion
Translation and Surtitles Cory Haas
Technical Direction Audrey Janelle and Chantal Labonté
Touring Coordinator Charlotte Ménard
Production Coordinator Laëtitia Fabaron
Delegated Production Vanessa Beaupré
Executive Producer Xavier Inchauspé

UN.DEUX.TROIS. is an original creation by Orange Noyée in partnership with le Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts, le Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, le Théâtre français de Toronto, Duceppe, Le Théâtre du Trident, Le Théâtre l’Escaouette, le Théâtre populaire d’Acadie, le Théâtre la Seizième, le Théâtre Cercle Molière.

Un. Deux. Trois. is supported by the National Creation Fund, the NAC Foundation, The Cole Foundation, le Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, and Power Corporation of Canada.

TROIS was originally created in 2014 by Orange Noyée in partnership with le Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui and le Festival TransAmériques.

With the support of

Synopsis

UN. DEUX. TROIS. It’s Mani Soleymanlou surrounding himself with 40 artists hailing from all four corners of Canada. Indigenous, non-Indigenous and Métis, what do they have in common? They’re all French-speaking. In the history of Franco-Canadian theatre, never has such a project been orchestrated before. Artists and co-creators stage their personal experiences, their ideas, their aspirations and their frustrations in order to better question what constitutes us, divides us and unites us as Canadians. As an audience, we are invited to revisit our heritage, common and individual; to dream, to dare, to hope; to believe in the value of every human experience and to brazenly clear away the fertile ground that is identity.

UN. DEUX. TROIS. risks it all: without speeches or signs, without rhetoric or empty phrases. A dialogue from Vancouver to Moncton, through Toronto, Sudbury, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Winnipeg, and Caraquet. From accent to accent. From coast to coast.

An Orange Noyée Creation

Orange Noyée is a performing arts production company founded by Mani Soleymanlou in 2011. The company's first show, UN, has been performed more than 180 times in French and English around the world.

One singular theme has inhabited Orange Noyée since its creation. A theme that is at the core of their work: retracing the invisible thread that links our identities to their development and evolution, in our acts and our words. Are we what we say? What we do? What others project onto us? What does it mean to be born somewhere? How is identity forged, whether it is individual, communal or gendered? Where does our freedom end and social constructs begin?

Through new forms of collective writing and by developing an intimate, quasi-documentary approach, the company puts forward contemporary creation and presents to all audiences in Canada and abroad a theatre that is relatable, participatory and fully engaged in the inter-cultural conversation.