These women might be limited, sneering at classical music and mouthing stereotypes about their immigrant neighbours, but they’re proudly, defiantly themselves
Allison Edwards-Crewe as Pierrette Guérin and Marissa Orjalo as Lise Paquette in Les Belles-Soeurs.Michelle Bohn’s costumes, from worn, print house dresses to slick sixties duds for the younger women, are filled with telling details – I especially liked the fancy little hat that tells you a lot about the hoity-toity neighbour Lisette de Courval, played to preening perfection by Jennifer Villaverde.
Other aspects are timeless. A discussion about abortion among a group of young women seems depressingly relevant. And from the vantage point of half a century, it’s easy to see the entire work as a critique of capitalism and the patriarchy. Rather than band together and fight the oppressive institutions keeping them down, these women bicker amongst themselves.Tremblay’s anecdote-filled script doesn’t have much of a plot, and there’s a lack of momentum in the first act.
The fact that Tremblay’s play has been translated into many languages and performed around the world speaks to its universality. And so Jun’s diverse casting feels just right. Most of the actors get their time in the spotlight – often quite literally in Louise Guinand’s effective lighting design. I’m not sure the thrust stage does the production any favours; with so many characters onstage, it’s often hard to know where to look, and some moments get lost in the crowd.
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