with Victor Andrés TRELLES TURGEON and UNE COMÉDIENNE
direction Joël BEDDOWS

a COPRODUCTION by THÉÂTRE LA CATAPULTE (OTTAWA)
and DE SCÈNE COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE DU CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS

When the expression “speaking your mind” becomes explosive

THE ACTION OF THIS AWARD-WINNING PIECE by Vancouver playwright Michele Riml takes place in a high school. Raymond, a.k.a. Rage, is reprimanded following his oral presentation in history class, where he puts forward a bold viewpoint on Hitler. Raymond must meet with the guidance counsellor. The discussion is at first inoffensive, and then turns into an ideological confrontation on right and wrong, on the notion of truth and lies. We watch it escalate from a forceful exchange to death threats. What could have brought the two protagonists to such a deadlock? Does the blame rest with the teen’s parents or the school system? And to what point must we take to task a society that prefers apathy to violence? Rage defies us to confront the foundation of what constitutes radicalism and pacifism.