An Audrey–Anne Bouchard / Au-delà du visuel Production
presented by Theatre Passe Muraille
Photo credit: David Wong
“An immersive performance beyond the visual”
Camille: The Story is an immersive performance designed to engage all of the senses—except sight. After his close friend Camille’s departure, Pierre navigates her absence and revisits memories that take shape through movement, smell and sound.
Grounded both in the real and the surreal, the story sheds light on Pierre’s emotional journey as he faces the loss of a meaningful friendship and tries to create ties with new people. From Montreal based artist Audrey-Anne Bouchard and her team of collaborators, Camille: The Story offers a sensory experience that is accessible to people who are Blind, Low Vision, or sighted. Sighted and Low Vision audience members will be asked to wear a blindfold for the duration of the work. The work will be offered in both English and French versions. Bouchard received the Outstanding Direction award at the 2022 Montreal English Theatre Awards for the piece.
Show Runs
May 10 – 12,
5 performances in English
2 performances in French
Please note food will be cooked during the performance for the scent but will not be consumed. Contact our box office if you have any questions.
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace Theatre
16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto
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How to purchase tickets
*Please note ticket sales are now closed. Please contact our box office if you have any inquiries or questions.
Blind and Low Vision community
TPM will be reaching out to community members to invite them to attend. If you are a member of the Blind and Low Vision community and would like to inquire about tickets please reach out to our box office at 4 1 6-5 0 4-7 5 2 9 or email our Patron Services Manager at ceridwenk@passemuraille.on.ca
Ticket Purchase Lottery
Audiences are invited to register for the opportunity to purchase tickets as they are available.
Language: Performances in French & English.
Runtime: This production is 90 min long
Credits
Created by
Audrey-Anne Bouchard in collaboration with Joseph Browne, Marijoe Foucher, Laurence Gagnon Lefebvre, Laurie-Anne Langis, and Marc-André Lapointe.
Written by
Audrey-Anne Bouchard and Marc-André Lapointe
Directed by
Audrey-Anne Bouchard
Translated by
Alexis Diamond
Choreographed by
Laurie-Anne Langis and Marijoe Foucher
Performed by
Peter Farbridge, Marijoe Foucher, Alexandra Laferrière, Laurie-Anne Langis and Marc-André Lapointe
Set and Costume Design by
Laurence Gagnon Lefebvre in collaboration with Diana Uribe
Sound Design and Composition by
Joseph Browne in collaboration with Rob Denton
Assistant Direction and Stage Management
Sarah Gagné
Technical Direction by
Étienne Mongrain Vaillancourt
Creation Collaborator
Denise Beaudry
Art mediation and moderation by
Audrey-Anne Bouchard
Showtimes
This show runs from May 10 – 12, 2024. To see the list of shows and book your tickets, please visit our ticketing site. or contact us at 416.504.7529, or by email at info@passemuraille.on.ca. Tickets are all Pay-What-You-Can-Afford Price Points: $15, $40, $65, (price includes all ticket fees)
Camille: The Story will be a relaxed run. A Relaxed Environment (RE) is created for audiences who have various access needs that a traditional theatre environment does not accommodate. Before a Relaxed Environment performance, audiences will get an Access Guide that gives them all the information they need to know for the performance (directions to the theatre, pre-show warnings, etc.) Find out more about Relaxed Environments here.
If you would like information on the topics or themes in our productions, or to determine the suggested age for attending a performance, please reach out to our Box Office staff at 416.504.7529 or by email at info@passemuraille.on.ca.
Stage artist Audrey-Anne Bouchard, who has a visual impairment, drew on her personal experience to explore the possibility of transmitting her art to people who are blind.
With a committed creative team (Laurie-Anne Langis, Marijoe Foucher, Marc-André Lapointe, Laurence Gagnon Lefebvre, and Joseph Browne), she began a research project in 2016 with the aim of exploring the ways of creating and communicating dance and theatre beyond the visual relationship that prevails between performers and audience members. In dialogue with the community of people living with visual impairment, the team is developing a new form of immersive performance that engages all the audience’s senses except sight. Their first creation, Camille: un rendez-vous au-delà du visuel enjoyed a sold-out run in September 2019 at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels).
To schedule an interview with the artist, or staff members at Theatre Passe Muraille regarding this production, please email Red eye media at Suzanne@redeyemedia.ca. We will try out best to accommodate your media requests, however they are not guaranteed.
We are excited to offer a free workshop with artist Audrey-Anne Bouchard!
This workshop will be an introduction to partially-sighted artist Audrey-Anne Bouchard and her collective Au-delà du visuel’s Beyond The Visual creative methodology that explores the possibility of transmitting her art to people who are blind.
All participants (living with or without visual impairments) will be invited to wear a blindfold and will be guided by the workshop leaders to participate in a series of group exercises that the artists developed for the creation of their piece Camille. The workshop objectives include: exploring the dramaturgy of the senses in a multi-sensory experience, developing creativity and explore new possibilities for accessibility in the arts, and developing awareness of the unique perceptive experience of persons living with visual impairments.
The workshop will take place on Saturday May 11 from 11 am to 1 pm at SKETCH Working Arts Movement Studio at 180 Shaw St. The venue is accessible via a ramp and an elevator. For the protection of our artists and participants, we will be asking all participants to either wear a mask or show proof of a negative rapid test result. There will be tests as well as an air filter available on site.
You can register for free at this Google form. Or you can email angelas@passemuraille.on.ca or call 416-504-8988 Ext. 2140.
This production is part of our #BeyondTO festival!
Also check out #BeyondTO’s other production, Soliloquio!
Soliloquio is based on a series of letters creator Tiziano Cruz wrote to his mother in 2020. Reaching her across boundaries of geography and class, Cruz uses the letters as the starting point for a critique of economic, racial and institutional oppression. As an Indigenous artist, he speaks about the suffering his people have endured under a system of white supremacy, examining the role the nation plays in Argentina’s culture of inequality.
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