Events Description
Retirement often prompts people to look back at the past, but in Jocelyne’s case it becomes a pretext for a flood of opinions, awkwardness and bitterness. In dialogue that alternates between banal odiousness and odious banality, Fabien Cloutier turns the microscope on a nuclear family trapped in a teeming vivarium.
Jocelyne has gathered her family together to share some big news: at 55, she’s retiring from the public service. However, her announcement gets lost in a barrage of interruptions, half-baked opinions, and unresolved conflicts. From autism to saving the dolphins by way of financial security, adoption, alternative medicine, zoo animals, and all-inclusive southern vacations, the topics of conversation brutally reveal the self-centredness and ignorance that are poisoning our comfortable age.
As a family
As a people
It seems to me there will never be enough of us
To be able to afford not to love one another
-FABIEN CLOUTIER
Written and directed by
Fabien Cloutier
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $31 to $69
How to get tickets?
Phone: 1 888 991-2787 / 613 947-7000 ext. 280
At the door: At box office. Monday to Saturday: 10am to 9pm
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday October 2, 2019 to Saturday October 5, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Thursday, October 3, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Friday, October 4, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Performance is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes with no intermission.
Venue & Address
BABS ASPER THEATRE, National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON
Wheelchair accessible
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport