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Théâtre la Seizième opens its 40th season with a play by Michel Tremblay

Théâtre la Seizième opens its 40th season with À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou by Michel Tremblay. This Quebecois classic will be presented at Studio 16 in Vancouver from October 14th to the 25th.

France Perras, photo Emily Cooper

À toi, pour toujours ta Marie-Lou brings us into an intimate family situation and allows us to experience 4 interpretations of a singular drama, four faces of an era marked by what went unsaid.

Having become a western singer, Carmen returns to her family home, where her sister Manon is living, a young pious and single woman who is obsessed with the tragic death of their parents. Struggling over the need to live and to honour their memory, the two sisters confront each other with different versions of the past and the truth. Mixed in with their discussions are bitter scenes from their parents past. Under the same roof ten years earlier, Léopold and Marie-Lou’s merciless verbal sparring will seal the terrible fate of their loveless couple.

By programming À toi, pour toujours ta Marie-Lou at the beginning of its season, Théâtre la Seizième is giving a nod to its first production (1974): Les belles-sœurs, another masterpiece by Michel Tremblay. 40 years after Théâtre la Seizième’s foundation, the words of this iconic playwright resound again on our stage, reminding us of where we come from, in theater as in real life.

To book your tickets, please call the box office at 604.736.2616 or visit brownpapertickets.com.