La Corriveau – La soif des corbeaux

La Corriveau - la soif des corbeaux, original musical theater that brings to life and restores the facts of one of Quebec's most fascinating legends, has won over audiences and critics alike since its first performance in Summer 2022! The many discrepancies and distortions in La Corriveau's tragic story will be brought to life through an investigation and a trial with a thousand paces. It's a story with a broad back... It's a story that drags in its wake women by the thousands, murdered women, women singled out for having spoken out, for having dared, for having sung too loudly, for having howled at the moon and danced in the light... Yesterday's witches gave birth to all those who are still burning today. The only thing that's changed is the way they die.

HISTORY

The condemnation of Marie-Josephte Corriveau by a British court-martial in 1763, after a trial in a language the accused did not understand, was intended to impose order and submission on the conquered people, to serve as an example. The display of La Corriveau's corpse in a cage only accentuates the horror of the tragic fate of this young mother who, just before her death, confessed to having killed her second husband.

Today, we can deduce that Marie-Josephte was most likely a victim of domestic violence, who desperately wanted to put an end to her suffering to protect her children. Nearly 260 years later, it's easy to draw parallels with several cases of assault on women recently reported in the Quebec news, where the aggressor has been entirely exonerated, and the victims lynched in the public square. We asked ourselves: "And if Marie-Josephte Corriveau were on trial today, how would she be treated? What would her sentence be?

How did this young mother of thirty turn into a hideous old witch who killed seven husbands and whose spirit still returns from the dead to torment men? Her story has been distorted by word of mouth over the years. This time, the story is told through the mouths of those who haven't spoken enough. An ancient story that reflects some of the workings of today's world.

CREDITS

WITH Renaud Paradis, Hélène Major, José Dufour, Frédérique Mousseau, Karine Lagueux, Simon Labelle-Ouimet, Jade Bruneau and Simon Fréchette-Daoust

Stage direction JADE BRUNEAU | Text and lyrics GENEVIÈVE BEAUDET and FÉLIX LÉVEILLÉ | Songs AUDREY THÉRIAULT | Musical direction and arrangements MARC-ANDRÉ PERRON | Assistant stage directors LOU ARTEAU and MARILOU HUBERDEAU | Musicians MARC-ANDRÉ PERRON, CHRIS BARILLARO ET FRANÇOIS MARION | Set and Costume Design ADAM PROVENCHER | Technical Direction and Lighting MAUDE SERRURIER |Vocal Direction DAVID TÉRRIAULT et CHRIS BARILLARO | Movement Framing PENÉLOPE DESJARDINS | Video Projections MARC-ANDRÉ PERRON | Make-up VÉRONIQUE ST-GERMAIN |Coiffures KATHLEEN GRAVEL | Agence de spectacles GROUPE ENTOURAGE | Direction artistique JADE BRUNEAU ET SIMON FRÉCHETTE-DAOUST | Relations de presse ROSEMONDE COMMUNICATIONS | Production THÉÂTRE DE L'OEIL OUVERT in partnership with Groupe ENTOURAGE