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That Woman transports you into a landscape of memories where an Old Man, a Mother and a Son struggle to experience moments of happiness in an existence devoid of opportunity. They collect small victories among the revelations of pain.

The Hour : "That Woman is a story about resilience, told by a triangle of characters who live dirty; who, because of their place at the bottom of the pile, are allowed to express life's depths, and in doing so, see its heights in a particularly illuminating way."— Jodi Essery, 2006‑09‑28.

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Team / Équipe 

Text / Texte : Daniel Danis;
Translator / Traduction : Linda Gaboriau;
Director / Mise en scène : Emma Tibaldo.

Synopsis +−

That Woman transports you into a landscape of memories where an Old Man, a Mother and a Son struggle to experience moments of happiness in an existence devoid of opportunity. They collect small victories among the revelations of pain.

Players / Acteurs +−

The Mother : Sarah Stanley;
The Old Man : Guy Sprung;
The Son : Marcelo Arroyo.

Designers / Concepteurs +−

Set / Décor : Lyne Paquette;
Costumes / Costume : Lyne Paquette;
Lighting / Éclairage : David Perreault Ninacs;
Sound / Son : Michael Leon.

A Talisman Theatre Equity Coop Production with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Canadian Heritage through IPOLC.

Reviews / Critiques +−

The Mirror : "Emma Tibaldo's dream has always been to find the perfect combination of English and French theatre. [...] Tibaldo insists... that this "brutal and hopeful and beautiful and ugly and incredibly poetic" play will be distinct from its previous incarnation. "It's not a remount for me", she says. "It's a deepening of the work. it's exploring where we didn't dare explore last time. And the deeper you go, the more it hurts, but the more rewarding it is also. [...] We live in the same city. We share the same services. We share the same music. We share the streets, the metro. You know, we share everything. We share our lives. To not share our theatre seems insane to me." — Brett Hooton, 2007. More / Plus...

The Gazette : "Something sinister infects the sordid story taking shape in spasmodic out-of-sync fits and starts of high and low emotions. [...] Directed by Emma Tibaldo, the production unites a group of talented veterans under the umbrella of Talisman Theatre, a cooperative formed to put on Quebec plays not yet seen in Montreal in English. Good news indeed, and it comes not a moment too soon to help fill a gap in the pure-laine anglo playgoing experience." — Mat Radz, 2006-09-22. More / Plus...

The Mirror : "[D]ozens of new French plays come out each year, and then there's all the stuff from past years that never got picked up for English language production. That's where That Woman and Talisman productions come in. As indie theatre companies go, this one is fairly high-powered. It was started by hot young director Emma Tibaldo and fellow NTS graduate, designer Lyne Paquette." — Amy Barratt, 2006. More / Plus...

The Hour : At its wiry core, That Woman is a story about resilience, told by a triangle of characters who live dirty; who, because of their place at the bottom of the pile, are allowed to express life's depths, and in doing so, see its heights in a particularly illuminating way. As a reflection of clenched emotions playwright Daniel Danis's characters experience, the language, the style and the sparseness of the piece are its greatest assets." — Jodi Essery, 2006‑09‑28. More / Plus...