BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective and British Equity London Branch
WESTERN GOLD: THE BALLAD OF GEORGES BOIVIN
By Marting Bellemare | Translated by Jack Paterson
Translated from Le Chant de Georges Boivin (Quebec)
Workshoped with Micheal Grinter and Charles Roe | Produced by Lola May and Jack Paterson
At 77, Georges Boivin decides “gives the dice a roll”. Georges just lost his wife, you see, the “centre of his universe”. He’s terrified “he no longer exists for anyone”. But there is life after your 70s and it must continue even after great loss. With his three friends, all the same age as he, he sets out on road trip from Québec to Vancouver, in search of his first love who he hasn’t seen in 50 years. Recipient of Le Prix Gratien-Gélinas 2009
This translation made possible by a commission from Western Gold Theatre (Vancouver) and a grant from Canada Council for the Arts.