Starting
with eight representations at the Theatre national de Chaillot in Paris, Michel
Lemieux and Victor Pilon’s, La Belle et
la Bête will tour France in February and March 2013. The tour will take the company to
Compiègne, Arcachon, Bayonne, Colombes, Nevers and Ste-Maxime ( a few other stops to be confirmed
soon).
It is
a return to the prestigious Théâtre de Chaillot by Lemieux Pilon 4D Art who had
presented in 2010, their previous multidisciplinary show Norman during the Anticode Festival.
The show will star Bénédicte Décary (as Belle), Louise Laprade (as The
Lady) and Stéphane Demers (as the Beast). Anne-Marie Cadieux (the Sister) and
Peter James (the Demon) will appear virtually.
The team has been rehearsing for the past month in an old boat factory in
Montréal La Belle et la Bête for
the world English language premiere at Toronto’s Luminato Festival in June
2012. The show will also be
presented at Arts Emerson Theater in Boston in December 2012.
Check out The Gazette’s article with photos and a vidéo of the new version in English: Beauty and the Multimedia Beast
