Gyeonggi Provincial Theater Company Performs Canadian Play 'Maedallin Jip'

From August 31 to September 8 at Gyeonggi Art Center Small Theater

The Gyeonggi Arts Center Gyeonggi Provincial Theater Company is staging the full performance of 'La Maison Suspendue' two years after presenting it as a reading performance.

On the 15th, the Gyeonggi Provincial Theater Company announced that it will produce 'La Maison Suspendue' as a repertory performance and hold eight shows from August 31 to September 8 at the small theater stage of the Gyeonggi Arts Center.

'La Maison Suspendue' is a 1990 work by Canadian playwright Michel Tremblay. The Gyeonggi Provincial Theater Company has been discovering and developing works with various themes through the 2022 'Discovery of Canadian Plays' reading project, during which 'La Maison Suspendue' was introduced as a reading performance.

'La Maison Suspendue' is set in a remote rural village in Quebec, Canada, and tells the story of a family spanning three generations over a 40-year interval. The story begins in 1990 when Professor Jean-Marc spends his summer vacation with his partner Mathieu and son S?bastien in an old log cabin near a lake. Feeling disillusioned with his long academic career, Jean-Marc attempts to write the family's story, which is deeply embedded in the log cabin, and shares it with Mathieu.

'La Maison Suspendue' portrays various forms of family life from the 1910s to 1990. It depicts the meaning and importance of family through the dramatic lives of three generations, illustrating the disintegration of extended families and, in the process, exploring individual identity confusion, self-worth, and alternative aspects of family.

Michel Tremblay is a beloved Canadian writer known for his poetic style and talents across poetry, novels, theater, and film. Born on Fabre Street in the 'Le Plateau Mont-Royal' area of Montreal, where many immigrants and workers lived, he has focused on the difficult circumstances and environments of French-speaking Montreal residents, using these themes in various works.

Park Ju-young, the newly appointed artistic director of the Gyeonggi Provincial Theater Company who won the 'Best New Director' award at the 60th Dong-A Theater Awards in 2023, will direct the production. Translator Lee Seon-hyung and dramaturge Jeon Young-ji will collaborate on the project.

Tickets for 'La Maison Suspendue' can be purchased through Interpark Ticket. Early bird tickets are available with a 40% discount until the 31st of this month. For seniors aged 70 and above, people with disabilities, pregnant women, and families with multiple children residing in Gyeonggi Province, some seats on the first floor are designated as '10,000 Won Happiness Seats,' allowing them to watch the performance for 10,000 won.

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