LA DERNIÈRE CASSETTE

AB is an old man with a disability who lives alone in an apartment cluttered with mementos, memories, and trash. Talking and interacting with others were a vital part of this renowned director’s life, but now AB lives in solitude and silence, a prisoner of a body which no longer serves him. He spends his days wheelchair bound, sitting in front of a computer – his only window to the outside world.

Like Krapp, in Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, AB turns to self-examination. He listens to recordings he’s made over the course of his life, a kind of audio diary, and searches for what might be the pivotal moment of his lifetime, before recording a final tape.

seem. What is the sacred fire AB wants to pass on?

PRESS ROOM (IN FRENCH)

PROGRAM 2023 (IN FRENCH)

AB
To bring water to a simmer, you need a cover and boiling hot water. To make water boil, you need fire.
To start a fire, you need all kinds of things, actually. Like when we perform.

CAST AND CREW

Written and Directed by Olivier Choinière
Performed by Violette Chauveau
Dramaturgy Andréane Roy
Assistant Director Stéphanie Capistran-Lalonde

Set design Simon Guilbault
Costumes Elen Ewing assisted by Fany McCrae
Lighting design Claire Seyller
Sound design Éric Forget
Video Pierre Laniel
Props Nadine Jaafar
Makeup Justine Denoncourt-Bélanger

Illustration Lino

Promotional photo and teaser Sandrick Mathurin

Photos of the show Valérie Remise

Technical Director Emmanuelle Nappert
Head Lighting designer Emmanuelle Nappert
Stage Manager Charlotte Gervais

Head of Sound and Video Pierre Tripard

Stage Technician Jérémie Roy

L'ACTIVITÉ TEAM

Artistic Director and Co-General Manager Olivier Choinière

Co-General and Administrative Director Isabelle Brodeur

Production Management Myriam Poirier Dumaine

Communications Marie-France Simard

Booking Agent Ginette Ferland

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Produced by L’ACTIVITÉ

This project benefited from a writing residency from

the Théâtre les gens d’en bas and a translation residency

organized by Playwright's Workshop Montreal.

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LA DERNIÈRE CASSETTE

AB To bring water to a simmer, you need a cover and boiling hot water. To make water boil, you need fire. To start a fire, you need all kinds of things, actually. Like when we perform.

CAST AND CREW​

AB
To bring water to a simmer, you need a cover and boiling hot water. To make water boil, you need fire.
To start a fire, you need all kinds of things, actually. Like when we perform.

CAST AND CREW