Albertine in Five Times
At 70, Albertine lives in a retirement home and encounters her younger selves at ages 30, 40, 50, and 60 as she reflects on her life. Her sister Madeleine is the only other character.
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At 70, Albertine lives in a retirement home and encounters her younger selves at ages 30, 40, 50, and 60 as she reflects on her life. Her sister Madeleine is the only other character.
Set in the Montreal apartment of Hosanna, a drag queen dressed as Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra, the play follows her relationship with Cuirette, an aging gay biker, after they return from a Halloween party.
In 1960s Montreal, a woman who has won a large quantity of trading stamps invites female relatives and neighbors to a stamping party. As they paste the stamps into booklets, the women argue and reveal their frustrations with their lives and society.
A nightclub singer returns to Montreal determined to sing about the lives of her audience. Her new songs offer dignity to people on society’s margins while threatening those who depend on their silence.
Young playwright Claude writes his parents into his first play. They reject his portrayal as inaccurate, while the drama shifts between their real lives and Claude's imagined version of them.
Two sisters revisit the family tragedy that shaped their lives, while their parents relive a bitter argument years earlier. The overlapping conversations expose the damage caused by poverty, repression, and frustrated hopes.
At 70, Albertine lives in a retirement home and encounters her younger selves at ages 30, 40, 50, and 60 as she reflects on her life. Her sister Madeleine is the only other character.
Set in the Montreal apartment of Hosanna, a drag queen dressed as Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra, the play follows her relationship with Cuirette, an aging gay biker, after they return from a Halloween party.
In 1960s Montreal, a woman who has won a large quantity of trading stamps invites female relatives and neighbors to a stamping party. As they paste the stamps into booklets, the women argue and reveal their frustrations with their lives and society.
A nightclub singer returns to Montreal determined to sing about the lives of her audience. Her new songs offer dignity to people on society’s margins while threatening those who depend on their silence.
Young playwright Claude writes his parents into his first play. They reject his portrayal as inaccurate, while the drama shifts between their real lives and Claude's imagined version of them.
Two sisters revisit the family tragedy that shaped their lives, while their parents relive a bitter argument years earlier. The overlapping conversations expose the damage caused by poverty, repression, and frustrated hopes.