Credits

• Playwright & Direction Joël da Silva
• Sound Design: Joël da Silva
• Set & Costume Design: Patrick Martel
• Lighting Design: André Rioux
• Choregraphy: Hélène Langevin
• Idea Development: Marie-Hélène da Silva, Jean-Luc Éthier and Allan Sutton
• Sound Track: Jean-Luc Éthier

Performers

• Marie-Hélène da Silva, Jean-Luc Éthier, Allan Sutton

A word from the playwright and director

I usually write with words. When spoken on a theatre stage, these words turn into sound or music. However, this time, I did the reverse. I first wrote with sounds and notes of music. When they reverberate on a stage, they suggest a flurry of words, without ever pronouncing them. Notes that are filled with words and words filled with notes. Do you get it? Admittedly, writing a story with sound material is relatively difficult. It takes a lot of time because music needs time to blossom.

And when you think about it, Dawn is not really a story, it is rather a game. Exactly, a game. Three musicians become mirror images of Sophie as they play with her. It is a game similar to Monopoly with its patterns, its ups and downs, its traps, its turnovers and great shots… Dawn is a story that one plays just like life. A game in which you take turns picking a card. Do you get it?

Joël da Silva