Battles
One couch. Five people. Who gets to sit and who gets pushed to the floor?
Battles leaps onto the YPT stage in an acrobatic adventure that explores the tug-of-war between needing to belong and fighting to get ahead. Watch performers flip, tumble, and balance as they navigate the comedy and compromise of shared space.
From Montreal’s renowned DynamO Théâtre, this energetic production reveals the quiet heroism required when making room for others — and that staying on top might matter less than holding each other up.
In an exciting partnership between Young People's Theatre & Théâtre français de Toronto, we will offer two French-language school performances of Battles (Batailles) on Monday, May 3 at 10:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. These performances can be booked online via Théâtre français de Toronto or by phone at 416-534-6604, or alternatively at 416-534-7303 ext.32.
Agathe Foucault, Citlali Germé, Marc-André Poliquin / Yves Simard, Xavier Malo, Yuma Arias
Ideation and Direction: Andréanne Joubert
Text and Dramaturgical Support: Pascal Brullemans
Translation (English): Alexis Diamond
Assistant Director: Anne-Sophie Tougas
Set/Costume Design: Gabrielle Bossé-Beal
Sound Design: Andréa Marsolais-Roy
Drums and Percussion: Gregory Fitzgerald, recorded at Sophronik Studio
Lighting Design: Martin Sirois
Makeup and Hair Design: Suzanne Trépanier
Acrobatic Consultant: Nicolas Germaine
Stage Manager: Coralie Cloutier
Research Team: Agathe Foucault, Béatriz Pantojo, Catherine St-Martin, Citlali Germé, Marc-André Poliquin, Rosalie Dell'Aniello, Yves Simard, Xavier Malo, Yuma Arias
Dramaturgical Consultant / First Research Phase: Sasha Dion
The author wishes to acknowledge that the monologue on mutual aid is heavily inspired by the writings of Russian geographer and anthropologist Peter Kropotkin [1842–1921] (Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution).
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