Lettres non-écrites
Literary
Moving
This show is the amalgamation of over 400 letters and countless hours of writing guided by the anonymous confessions of volunteers. Since October, the authors Anne-Marie Olivier and Carolanne Foucher have been lending their words to the citizens of Quebec City to compose their never-written letters. The latter are joined by hundreds of other voices from Paris, Brussels and even New York, where David Geselson and his French company Lieux-Dits have overseen such similar processes. While these stories keep transforming the show, making each performance unique, we cannot help but be touched by these letters sometimes striking, sometimes funny, sometimes furious and sometimes banal but always profoundly human. For the first time in Canada, come see this intimate and refined performance which connects us all, a letter after another.
Credits
Conception David Geselson
Writing David Geselson, Anne-Marie Olivier, Carolanne Foucher
Interpretation David Geselson, Elios Noël et Anne-Marie Olivier en alternance avec Carolanne Foucher
Musical Interpretation Marie-Loup Cottinet
Lighting Anne Vaglio
General and Lighting Management ArNo Seghiri
Technical Direction Nicolas Ahssaine | a-scene.eu
Production and Tour Direction Noura Sairour
Production and Tour Administration Laëtitia Fabaron
Production Manager Mathilde Gueguen
Production Compagnie Lieux-Dits
The Compagnie Lieux-Dits is approved by the Ministère de la Culture – DRAC Ile-de-France, and by the department of Val-de-Marne in the role of developmental help.
The book Lettres non-écrites is a CONTXTO d’Artcena laureate and is translated in Spanish (Chile) by Millaray Lobos.
The book Lettres non-écrites is published by the Le Tripode.
David Geselson received the Révélation du Premier roman 2022 prize by the Société des gens de Lettres.
We wish to thank the Ministère de la culture and Ville de Québec for their support in this project and the public author project, within the bounds of the Entente de développement culturel. We thank the Ville de Québec, ville de littérature UNESCO.
David Geselson, conceptor, author and performer
Anne-Marie Olivier, author and performer
Carolanne Foucher, author and performer
Elios Noël, performer
Marie-Loup Cottinet, musical performer
