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

«  J’ai tellement voulu ça. J’ai tellement voulu ça. Je vais être papa. »
« Il existera dans nos têtes dans nos rêves un chemin de morceaux de pain que personne pourra suivre dans la forêt. »
« Mais je ne serai pas le père de ce qui pousse en elle à ce moment-là. Cet enfant-là verra jamais le jour. »

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.»