Hippocampe
by Marc-André Charron
February 6th, 7th, 8th, & 9th, 2025, and February 13th, 14th, & 15th, 2025
Summer 2020. An artist dad whose projects have been canceled and his six-year-old daughter embark on a road trip that takes them from southeastern New Brunswick to the Laurentian mountains.
As he makes his way along the road, the father realizes that being a parent means being in constant dialogue with the child he once was. The journey then becomes an exploration of the territory we carry within us, an incursion into the terrain of the most difficult mourning.
This theatrical tale, embodied by its author and actor, Marc- André Charron, unfolds to the mesmerizing live music of Maggie Savoie and Sylvie Boulianne, two dazzling Acadian musicians originally from northwestern New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia, respectively. The pair have composed a range of new, original pieces that serve as both background textures and musical interludes. Charron, accompanied by the gentle, ethereal music of his companions, takes on the role of the daddy, the daughter, the girlfriend, the mother as well as a myriad of other roles.
Performances
Salle Bernard-LeBlanc | 3rd floor, Aberdeen Cultural Centre | 140 Botsford, Moncton
Matinee
Show - 2pm | Doors - 1:30pm
Evening
Show - 8:00 pm | Doors - 7:30 pm
Evening
Show - 8:00 pm | Doors - 7:30 pm
Thursday Feb 6th
Surtitles: None
Friday Feb 7th
Surtitles: English
Saturday Feb 8th
Surtitles: English
Thursday Feb 13th
Surtitles: None
Friday Feb 14th
Surtitles: English
Saturday Feb 15th
Surtitles: French
Creative Team
Text & Interpretation : Marc-André Charron
Interpretation : Lionel Lehouillier
Composition & Musical Interpretation : Maggie Savoie & Sylvie Boulianne
Stage Direction : Caroline Bélisle & Ludger Beaulieu
Stage Direction Assistance : Jacques-André Lévesque
Set Design / Costume & Accessory Design : Claudie Landry
Photo & Video Design : Annie France Noël
Lighting Design : Nathan Finnamore
Technical Direction & Stage Management : Emmanuel Albert
Technical Direction Support : Xavier Richard
Production & Stage Management : Gabrielle Gagnon
Production Management Support : Joëlle Tougas
Producer : Mylène Després
Graphic Design : Fred Hryszyn
« La température de l’habitacle est parfaite.
Les boutons anti-kids de la porte
ET de la fenêtre arrière
sont bien enfoncés.
Esti que je suis bien organisé.
Esti que je gère.
C’est quoi ça Papa?
Je freine avant même de voir.
Accident.
Les véhicules de secours sont déjà là
gyrophares criants même dans le matin.
On passe lentement dans la voie de gauche
le soleil perce entre les conifères et les bouleaux
et j’entr’aperçois le VUS blanc
dont le devant est en lambeaux,
plein de sang,
un chevreuil encastré dedans.»