By Alexandre Goyette
Adapted in collaboration with Anglesh Major
Translated by Patrick Emmanuel Abellard
Directed by Christian Fortin
Centaur Theatre Company presents the English language premiere of the Théâtre Duceppe production. This is the story of an impressionable young Haitian man living in Montreal North who falls prey to the toxic culture surrounding him. It opened at Théâtre Duceppe to rave reviews in 2021 and we will present the English-language premiere featuring Choir Boy’s own brilliant Patrick Emmanuel Abellard.
Centaur Theatre is thrilled to premiere a new English translation by Patrick Emmanuel Abellard, last seen on stage at Centaur in Choir Boy (Season 50). Playing a young man influenced by his peers living in Montreal North, Abellard brings a charged story to the stage that confronts clichés, gun violence and revenge head-on within a Montreal landscape.
Patrick Emmanuel Abellard is a bilingual artist who graduated from the professional theatre program of Dawson College in 2015. Since then, he has kept busy. Some of his stage credits include Manuel de la vie sauvage (dir. Jean-Simon Traversy, Théâtre Duceppe), King Dave (dir. Christian Fortin, Quebec tour and Théâtre Duceppe), Paradise Lost (dir. Jackie Maxwell, Centaur Theatre), Choir Boy (dir. Mike Payette, Centaur Theatre), Héritage (dir. Mike Payette, Théâtre Duceppe), and Urban Tales (dir. Harry Standjofski, Centaur Theatre). On TV, Patrick Emmanuel has played lead and recurring characters in Chouchou, Avant le crash, Plan B III, Toute la vie III, Faits divers II, District 31, Unité 9 (Radio-Canada), Bellevue, and The Detectives (CBC). He made his big-screen debut in Denys Arcand’s La chute de l’empire américain released in 2018 where he played the role of Jacmel Rosalbert, followed by Tales from the Hood 3 directed by Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott, released in 2020 and where he played Percy Woodhouse. He is also one of the main characters of the movie We AreZombies directed by Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell and François Simard slated to come out later this year. Also interested in writing and directing, he created two shows in 2015, Evolution ofOppression and Brain People. Patrick Emmanuel is proud to bring King Dave to the Centaur Theatre and can’t wait for theatregoers to discover this complex, imposing and intense text sprinkled with humour and humanity.
Originally created in 2005 by Quebecois actor Alexandre Goyette (Mommy; Laurence Anyways), King Dave was revived in 2021 by Anglesh Major, who adapted and performed the French script with much success at Duceppe. The role was then taken on by Patrick Emmanuel Abellard who toured the show all over Quebec.
Centaur Theatre Company is proud to present the English language premiere of the Théâtre Duceppe production of King Dave, translated by Patrick Emmanuel Abellard himself.
Strong language is used throughout
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