Theatre a la Sauvage
Faeries not Light on their Feet
This week, hidden in a far off theatre on Loyola, the curtains go up for Concordia Theatre’s most eagerly a waited creation.
Written by Concordia graduate Robert Montcalm and with original music by Geoff Aucoin, the musical Faerie is theatre with action packed fight scenes.
Montcalm is apprentice to Jean Francois Gagnon, renowned Canadian fight director. In this play, a plethora of female warrior faeries kick the crap out of each other all in the name of progressive new theatre.
Faerie is based on the artistic creations of Brian Froud. If you’ve seen David Bowie donning tight spandex in The Labyrinth or the incredible creations of The Dark Crystal, then you’ve seen Brian Froud’s design work.
The musical takes place in Normandy, 1944. A young Canadian soldier serves his country in the fight to liberate Europe, but when the shelling starts, he finds himself hurled into a mysterious world he thought only existed in stories. It’s a place where otherworldly creatures live on the fringes of existence; a land ruled by a troubled King.
Michael must find his way home… but what sacrifice will need to be made?
Unlike a traditional musical, Faerie uses stylized movement and combat in the place of dance, and vocal soundscapes along with music to tell its story of honour, war, love, and the transformative power of song.
The cast of just under 30 artists and singers found it monstrously difficult to find space, since Concordia does not have a student run theatre. Montcalm said another difficulty was teaching people to pick up weapons and fight, since most of the actors had never touched a sword or staff before – making directing fight scenes an epic endeavor.
Get out and see Faerie, you’ll be enchanted.
April 27th 8:00pm
April 28th 8:00pm
April 29th 8:00pm
April 30th 2:00 pm and 8:00pm
