UNIVERSE
By Marie-Claude Verdier | Translated by Alexis Diamond
Translated from Univers (Quebec, Canada)
Refugees from the Earth Mars war of Independence, Romer and Fiona are on the run. Elsewhere in space and time, Rébecca from Mars and Lomond from Earth are stranded on a space station and must coexist. When political divides spark violence and an amnesia sweeps the collective memory, can science and whiskey save the day?
ABOUT THE PLAY
A new work by leading new playwright, Univers was presented at la 10e édition du festival de lectures publiques Dramaturgies en Dialogue.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Marie-Claude Verdier
Marie-Claude Verdier holds a master’s degree in dramaturgy from the University of GLASGOW. She was a dramaturge at CEAD from 2010 to 2013. Her first play, Je n’y suis plus, was produced with le Théâtre français du Centre National des Arts in 2013. The production received several Prix Rideau Awards and was presented in Montréal at la salle Fred-Barry. Her play Nous autres antipodes was nominated for the Prix Gratien-Gélinas and Andy gone, a loose adaptation of Antigone for teens, was produced by the French Acessor E sempre and presented in Avignon.
This translation was made possible by a grant from Canada Council for the Arts.
