Lumières, lumières, lumières draws on a Virginia Woolf work at Théâtre la Seizième, October 14 to 18

Coproduction by Comédie-Française (Paris) and Les songes turbulents (Montréal) explores the passage of time in post-Victorian England

SPONSORED POST BY Théâtre la Seizième

Lumières, lumières, lumières. Photo by Agathe Poupeney

Théâtre la Seizième presents Lumières, lumières, lumières, a play freely inspired by Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece To the Lighthouse, at Studio 16 from October 14 to 18.

In a summer residence in post-Victorian England, two women give way to their most intimate musings. Mrs. Ramsay, the model lady of the house, seeks happiness through marriage, while Lily Briscoe, a fiercely independent artist, dreams of life as a painter.

Playwright Evelyne de la Chenelière renews Woolf’s story with the dreamlike contemporary universe of director Florent Siaud and his company Les songes turbulents. This coproduction—the first between the Montreal troupe and Paris-based theatre company Comédie-Française—offers a delicate exploration on the passage of time.

Lumières, lumières, lumières is in French, with English surtitles at every show except October 16. Audience members can meet the artists on October 15 in French and English and October 16 in French only.

Tickets are now sold out, but a waitlist is available through Théâtre la Seizième.

Post sponsored by Théâtre la Seizième.

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