Trudeau and Levesque (2015)
Produced by
Soulpepper Theatre Company and VideoCabaret
Playwright: Michael Hollingsworth
Director: Michael Hollingsworth
Venue
Run
May 7th, 2015 – June 20th, 2015
Awards & Nominations
2015 Dora Award Winner (General Theatre Division) – Outstanding Costume Design (Astrid Jansen)
2015 Dora Award Nominee (General Theatre Division) – Outstanding New Play (Michael Hollingsworth), Outstanding Performance – Ensemble, Outstanding Lighting Design (Andrew Dollar)
Synopsis
The visions of Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque are irreconcilable; the conflict is a comédie noire. Combatants, allies, and spies include: PQ Minister Claude Morin and his RCMP handlers; Police informer Poupette and her lovers in the FLQ; the Queen and a Gang of Premiers; plus Maggie Trudeau and The Rolling Stones. (youngcentre.ca)
Cast
| Aurora Browne | Margaret Trudeau / Cabinet Minister Jean Chrétien / Québecois Father |
| Richard Alan Campbell | Premier René Léesque / Civil Servant / Advisor / Bill Wyman / Papparazzo / Conservative Minister Crosbie |
| Cyrus Faird | PQ Minister Jacques Parizeau / RCMP Inspector Strangeways / Anglophone Reporter / Charlie Watts / Beautiful Person / Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney / Québecois Baby |
| Mac Fyfe | Pierre Trudeau |
| Craig Lauzon | PQ Minister Claude Morin / Montreal Detective Giguèrre / Civil Servant / Mick Jagger / Prime Minister Joe Clark |
| Linda Prystawska | Charlotte Petit aka Poupette / Premier Robert Bourassa / RCMP Bodyguard / Nfld. Premier Brian Peckford / Advisor / Beautiful Person / Québecois Mother / Queen Elizabeth / Soldier / Psychiatrist / Camera Operator |
| Michaela Washburn | Yvonne Tremblay / Waitress / Professor Roger Sartre / Francophone Reporter / Alberta Premier Lougheed / Keith Richards / Andy Warhol |
Creative Team
| Michael Hollingsworth | Playwright |
| Michael Hollingsworth | Director |
| Deanne Taylor | Associate Director |
| Astrid Janson | Costumes |
| Andrew Dollar | Lighting |
| Brad Harley | Scenic Designer |
| Adam Barrett | Scenic Designer |
| Melanie McNeill | Associate Costume Designer |
| Jake Blackwood | Sound Designer |
| Jake Blackwood | Composer |
| Alice Norton | Wigs |
| Andrew J. Paterson | Music |
| Brent Snyder | Music |
| Brad Harley | Props |
| Brad Harley | Drawings |
| Adam Barrett | Video |
Production
| Andrew Dollar | Stage Manager |
| Joanne Rumstein-Ellis | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Jordana Weiss | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Natassia Brunato | Costume Maker |
| Johanna Edwards | Costume Maker |
| Lina Falomkina | Costume Maker |
| Rachel Forbes | Costume Maker |
| Alex Mancini | Costume Maker |
| Leana Mukhina | Costume Maker |
| Anne Barber | Props Assistant |
| Alicia Kuntze | Props Assistant |
| Arber Makri | Props Assistant |
| Courtenay Goodwin | Wig Assistant |
| Annie Lefebvre | Wig Assistant |
| Michelle Tracey | Wig Assistant |
| Nick Andison | Video Consultant |
| Chris Clifford | Video Consultant |
| Cameron Davis | Video Consultant |
| Bongo Kolycius | Video Consultant |
| Lina Falomkina | Proscenium Swag |
| Deanne Taylor | VideoCabaret Producers |
| Adam Barrett | VideoCabaret Producer |
