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JOHN AND BEATRICE

By Carole Fréchette

Translation by John Murrell

Starring Tania Kontoyanni and Frank Schorpion

Directed by Guy Sprung

“Well-to-do young heiress, intelligent and perceptive, who has never loved anyone, is seeking a man who will interest, move and seduce her. Substantial reward offered.”

Béatrice waits up her tower in her nearly empty room for the perfect man to arrive. John answers the call. He has to climb up all thirty-three flights because the elevator has broken down. Will the ever-longing-for-perfection eternal feminine, find love? Will the mythical macho adventurer, find insight and settle down? A cross between a Greek Myth and a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

"Highly literary work [...] makes for compelling story from start to end." -- The Gazette

"[Tania Kontoyanni and Frank Schorpion] draw us more and more deeply into their respective stories, interesting, moving and ultimately seducing us with their quest." -- The Rover

A play by Carole Fréchette, internationally acclaimed and Governor General Award-winning playwright, performed in Montréal for the first time.

Set Designer - Perrine Biette

Costume Designer - Ariane Genet

Lighting Designer - Eric Mongerson

Assistant Lighting Designer - Audrey-Anne Bouchard

Sound Designer - Troy Slocum

Video Designer - Tom Fennario and Martin Reisch (*safe solvent™)

Stage Manager - Sarah-Marie Langlois

October 16 to November 9, 2008

Tuesday to Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm

Previews October 14 and 15, 8pm

Bain St-Michel, 5300 St-Dominique