La Belle et la Bête to tour in France in 2013

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

 Photo by Allen McInnis

La Belle et la Bête, the english version, at the Arts Emerson in Boston!

Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon’s La Belle et la Bête : A Contemporary Retelling to première in June at the Luminato Festival in Toronto

Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon (Norman, Delirium) premiere the English-language version of their award-wining show, La Belle et la Bête at the Luminato Festival in Toronto in June 2012. La Belle et La Bête : A Contemporary Retelling, created by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon and Pierre-Yves Lemieux, translated by Maureen Labonté, now begins its touring career outside Quebec. Following this premiere, the production will subsequently be presented in the 2012-13 season of ArtsEmerson in Boston. The production features Bénédicte Décary (Belle) : Stéphane Demers (the Beast) and Diane D’Aquila (the Lady), with Anne-Marie Cadieux (the Sister) and Peter James (the Lady’s demon) appearing virtually. The show runs at the Bluma Appel Theatre from June 8th to June 12th 2012.

« …striking, exciting, convincing…an extraordinary show » Benoit Aubin, Le Journal de Montréal 23 janvier 2011.

Adored by the media, with a sold-out run in Montreal and across Québec, this contemporary adaptation of the classic tale won three Gascon-Roux awards (awards for Directing/Staging, Set Design and Lighting). Initially produced for the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM), La Belle et la Bête is a co-production of Lemieux Pilon 4D Art, Luminato and the Scène Nationale de l’Oise (France).

Watch the video of Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon presenting La Belle et la Bête: A Contemporary Retelling at the Luminato press conference.

The TNM's suscribers give three prizes to La Belle et la Bête