There is a constant pressure on arts companies or individual artists to stay current with all the tools of communications. Nowadays, having a website is pretty much a necessity; no one would take anyone seriously who didn’t have one. To say “I don’t have a website” is like saying “I don’t have a telephone.”
For years before I enlisted in the Porte Parole cause, I had been fascinated by infrastructure problems and city planning, so the combination of political intrigue and real-life drama behind Sexy béton seemed to me like an inspired way to engage people in issues of immediate importance. As the project reaches, not an end, but rather an intermission, I’d like to think about what it all means (to me).
Nestor and I filmed the play on Sunday and picked up on a few great sound bites.
The first is the way the play opens. It’s a sound archive of what happened on the day of the collapse when the media was covering it with the sound of sirens and ambulances coming to the site of the accident. When played before the play begins, it really sets the mood for what will happen next.
«Annabel Soutar sait décidément écrire : la chute du viaduc de la Concorde est un événement réel qu’elle a su manier en dramatisant les faits sans les trahir. Vous avez raté le premier et le second épisode ? Vous assisterez au troisième et comprendrez chaque mot, chaque intention. C’est grâce en partie, au talent de cette jeune auteure, dont la compagnie est à suivre de très près. Plus que de transmettre l’actualité de l’événement, elle la retourne dans tous les sens tout en y conservant le cœur intact.» Mélanie Thibault
Montreal arts website, Rover Arts, has many enthusiastic words for our current production, Sexy béton III: Abandon.
“What counts on stage is emotional punch, and here Porte Parole delivers.” Marianne Ackerman. Rover Arts. Read the rest of the review here.
Nous avons encore recueilli de super belles photos de Kirk Wight de notre avant-première.
La série de spectacle débute ce soir avec la première médiatique.
Ne manquez pas le dernier épisode de la trilogie intriguante sur l’effondrement du viaduc de la Concorde.
Sexy béton III Abandon premieres tonight at the Segal Center!
Get a little taste of the play before you come see the show!
We’ve got some more great photos from Kirk Wight that really convey the atmosphere of the play! Come find out what will happen to the families in this third episode.
Check out Porte Parole’s most recent video production where we explore the topic of documentary theatre using the Sexy béton show as our prime example. Featuring interviews with Carole Fréchette, dramaturgical consultant for Sexy béton I, Annabel Soutar, playwright, and Maria Mercadante, who, of course, is a principle character in the trilogy, this video shows scenes from both Sexy béton I – II and how the issue at hand fits into the Montreal context.
Bonne nouvelle pour le nouvel an! Sexy béton a été sélectionné par Philippe Couture de VOIR.ca pour son « Top 10 » du théâtre Montréalais 2009.
Good news for the new year! Sexy béton was chosen by VOIR’s Philippe Couture as one of the Top 10 for Montréal theatre for 2009.
