Artaud: Un Portrait en Décomposition (2012)
Produced by
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwrights: Michele Smith and Adam Paolozza and Antonin Artaud
Director: Michele Smith
Venue
Pia Bouman: Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Run
August 10th, 2012 – August 19th, 2012
Synopsis
Cruelty, madness, and beauty. Through his poems and letters and through the memories of his closest friends Artaud: un portrait en décomposition presents an unflinching theatrical “portrait” of Antonin Artaud. Artaud: un portrait en décomposition incarnates the incandescent poetry and sublime violence of Artaud’s life and work. (Summerworks 2012 Festival Program)
Cast
| Adam Paolozza | Performer |
| Coleen MacPherson | Performer |
| Marc Lemyre | Voice Over |
| Guy Mignault | Voice Over |
Creative Team
| Michele Smith | Playwright |
| Adam Paolozza | Playwright |
| Antonin Artaud | Playwright |
| Michele Smith | Director |
| Kimberly Purtell | Lighting Designer |
| Adam Paolozza | Sound Designer |
Production
| Lise Cormier | Stage Manager |
| Geoffrey Armour | Surtitles |
| Marc Lemyre | Photography |
| Erin MacPherson | Photographer |
| Lacey Creighton | Poster Design |
