A production of Le Carrousel theatre company and Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui (Montreal), in residence at Théâtre de la Ville (Longueuil, Quebec), in co-production with Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine and the Fédération d’Associations de Théâtre Populaire with assistance from the Aide à la création program of the Centre national du Théâtre and support provided to the author by SACD (France)

Prix des Journées des auteurs de théâtre de Lyon 2007 and recipient of the Distinction de la Comédie-Française at the end of the Journées de lectures d'auteurs contemporains 2008.

Elikia is a child, among so many others, who has seen her life overturned from one day to the next in a chaotic, lawless civil war. The girl, kidnapped from her family, becomes a child soldier. She is a victim, but she is also an executioner in an untenable situation that blurs the most elementary laws of ethics. How can she grow up and remain human when the reference points disappear beneath a hopeless daily brutality? It is little Joseph, the youngest child to come to the rebels’ camp, who reminds her of her childhood, her family, her village, and her humanity, and gives her the courage to break the chain of violence into which she has been pulled.

Le bruit des os qui craquent is a play in two voices. While Joseph and Elikia are on the run, experiencing doubts, fears, and a wish to return to civilized life where children may grow up as children, Angelina, the nurse who greets them at the hospital where they take refuge, puts this painful reality into perspective and opens the window to a light that is uncertain, but a light nonetheless.

Following a public reading in Jonquière:

“The play alternates between the dialogue of the children, creating the action, and the observations of the nurse, placing the story within its context. Now, the balance between the dramatic aspect of the facts and the resilience of children who are so human in this hell, so fragile and so strong in their innocence . . . As presented, this beautiful text is striking, sometimes unbearable, always intense. It is ready to be performed, even for a young audience.” Christiane Laforge, Le Quotidien

 

Emilie Dionne

After graduating with a diploma in acting from Collège Lionel-Groulx’s Option-Théâtre program in 2001, Emilie Dionne appeared in more than 200 French- and Spanish-language performances of Le Carrousel’s production of Petit Pierre, a play by Suzanne Lebeau and directed by Gervais Gaudreault, touring Quebec, France, Switzerland, Spain, and Mexico.

Emilie Dionne continued her training in voice and alexandrine in a course taught by Gervais Gaudreault, and she has been invited by directors Luce Pelletier, Normand Chouinard, Martine Beaulne, and Marc Béland to work in their productions. She played Hermione in Oreste, produced by Théâtre de l'Opsis, Marguerite in L'Hôtel du libre-échange at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and the starring roles of Kit in Top Girls at Espace Go and Marguerite in La petite scrap at Théâtre PàP. She was in the movie La vie secrète des gens heureux, and her television credits include Rumeurs III and L'Héritière de Grande Ourse.

Sébastien René

After graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2006, Sébastien René continued his training in playing in front of the camera at Atelier Danielle Fichaud. In his first year on stage as a professional, he appeared in Titus Andronicus at Espace libre and Roméo et Juliette at Salle Fred-Barry, but he really became known to the public as Gabriel in Terre Océane, presented at Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui, Théâtre du Trident, and on tour in France. He also toured high schools in Quebec with IndianaJob, and was in the cast of Nous étions une fois…, a play directed by Gervais Gaudreault.

Sébastien René first appeared on television in Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin, C.A., and Stan et ses stars. He was featured in singer Pierre Lapointe’s video Le Colombarium and Denis Villeneuve’s short film Next floor, and he was in the cast of the feature films Le grand départ by Claude Meunier and L’Âge des ténèbres by Denys Arcand.

Lise Roy

Trained at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal and Ateliers Warren Robertson, Lise Roy divides her time among theatre, television, movies, and teaching. In the theatre, she has regularly appeared on the stages of a number of Montreal institutions, where she works with directors Martine Beaulne, Denise Filiatrault, and Alexandre Marine, and others. This experienced actress has played in Marie Stuart, My Fair Lady, Top Girls, Le Visiteur, and Camille C., as well as touring internationally in Robert Lepage’s La Géométrie des miracles and Apasionada/La Casa Azul.

On television, Lise Roy has appeared in the series Destinées, Les Invincibles, Un Homme mort, L’Héritière de Grande Ourse, and La Vie, la vie. She won a Gemini Award for best supporting actress for The Boys of St. Vincent in 1994 and a nomination for Children of My Heart in 2001. Her movie credits include Cruising Bar II, Ma fille mon ange, Le Secret de ma mère, Nous n’irons plus au bois, Peau blanche, L’Âge des ténèbres, and Les Invasions barbares.

Text   Suzanne Lebeau Directed by   Gervais Gaudreault Assistant director   Stéphanie Capistran-Lalonde Cast   Emilie Dionne, Sébastien René, and  Lise Roy Set design   Stéphane Longpré Costumes   Linda Brunelle Lighting design   Dominique Gagnon Sound environment   Nancy Tobin Make up    François Cyr Hair   Anik Généreux Production manager   Dominique Gagnon, Nicolas Marion Stage and sound manager, projections   Éric Gendron Lighting manager   Régis Guyonnet

LE BRUIT DES OS QUI CRAQUENT in France

January 13, 2008, to March 14, 2009

Centre culturel Marcel Pagnol/Fos-sur-Mer
January 13 – 9:45 a.m. (sc) – 7:00 p.m. (gp)

Théâtre de Cavaillon - Scène nationale/Cavaillon
January 15 – 10:00 a.m. (sc) – 2:00 p.m. (sc)
January 16 – 2:00 p.m. (sc) – 7:00 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire de Nîmes/Le Périscope/Nîmes
January 18 – 5:00 p.m. (gp)
January 19 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:30 p.m. (gp)
January 20 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:30 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire de Villefranche-de-Rouergue/Théâtre municipal
January 22 – 9:00 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire de l'Aude/ Théâtre Na Loba/Pennautier
January 24 – 8:45 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire d’Aix-en-Provence/Théâtre du Jeu de Paume/Aix-en-Provence
January 26 – 8:30 p.m. (gp)

Association Théâtre Aujourd’hui d’Orléans/ Le Carré Saint-Vincent, Scène nationale – (Salle Pierre-Aimé Touchard)/Orléans
January 28 – 8:30 p.m. (gp)

Théâtre Jean-Vilar/Vitry-sur-Seine
January 30 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 9:00 p.m. (gp)
January 31 – 9:00 p.m. (gp)
February 1 – 4:00 p.m. (gp)
February 2 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 7:00 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire des Vosges/ Théâtre municipal d’Épinal
February 5 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:30 p.m. (gp)

Maison des Arts de Thonon-Evian/Espace Maurice Novarina/Thonon-les-Bains
February 24 – 2:30 p.m. (sc)
February 25 – 7:30 p.m. (gp)

L’Hexagone, Scène nationale de Meylan/Meylan
February 27 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 8:00 p.m. (gp)

Théâtre des 4 saisons/Gradignan
March 3 – 8:45 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire de Dax/ L’Atrium/Dax
March 5 – 2:30 p.m. (sc) – 9:00 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire de Biarritz/Le Colisée/Biarritz
March 6 – 8:30 p.m. (gp)
March 7 – 8:30 p.m. (gp)
March 8 – 5:00 p.m. (gp)

Association de Théâtre Populaire de Roanne/Théâtre municipal de Roanne
March 10 – 8:30 p.m. (gp)

Tréteaux de Haute-Alsace et la Filature, Scène nationale/La Filature/Mulhouse
March 13 – 7:30 p.m. (gp)
March 14 – 7:30 p.m. (gp)

LE BRUIT DES OS QUI CRAQUENT in Quebec

March 31, to April 25, 2009

Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui /Montreal

March 31 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
April 1 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 2 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 3 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 4 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)

April 7 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
April 8– 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 9 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 10 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 11 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)

April 14 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
April 15 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 16 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 17 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 18 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 19 – 3:00 p.m. (gp)

April 21 – 7:00 p.m. (gp)
April 22 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 23 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 24 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)
April 25 – 8:00 p.m. (gp)

(sc) school performance
(gp) general public performance

Photos, and illustrations:
Manon André, Patrick Bergé, Véro Boncompagni, Caroline Bourbonnais, Bernard Brault, Nathalie Caron, Maxime Côté, Marc Cramer, Jacques Driol, Yves Dubé, Stéphane Dumais, Marc Dussault, François-Xavier Gaudreault, Sophie Grenier, Jean-François Hamon, Kiko, Josée Lambert, Laurence Leblanc, Suzanne Ostein, Bernard Préfontaine, Olivier Prialnic, Isabelle Rancier, Monic Richard, Daniel Robillard, Marie-Claude Rodrigue, Lara Rosenoff, Pierre Roussel, André P. Therrien, Julien Tremblay, Jean-Christophe Verbert, Izabel Zimmer.

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