National Arts Centre
National Arts Centre
Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show is a flamboyant epic, constructed as a series of tableaux, about the struggles of the Métis in the Canadian West. A multilayered and entertaining saga with a rodeo vibe, loosely based on Buffalo Bill’s legendary outdoor travelling show.In 1885, following the hanging of his friend Louis Riel, bison hunter Gabriel Dumont fled to the United States. There he was recruited by the legendary Buffalo Bill, founder of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, a gigantic outdoor travelling show that re-enacted life in the American West. It made a huge impression on Dumont, and he dreamed of putting together a similar show to tell the story of the struggle of Canada’s Métis to reclaim their rights. (Source: nac-cna.ca)
Show Team
Coproduction
NAC French Theatre (Ottawa)
Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental (Montréal)
Théâtre Cercle Molière (Winnipeg)
La Troupe du Jour (Saskatoon)
Executive producer
NAC French Theatre
Creative partner
Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui (Montréal)
Director
Mani Soleymanlou
Assistant Director
Jean Gaudreau
General Stage Manager
Elaine Normandeau
Dramaturg
Maureen Labonté
Set Designer
David Granger
Lighting Designer
Erwann Bernard
Music
Benoît Morier,
Olaf Gundel
Video Content Producers
Silent Partners Studio
Costumes
Jeff Chief
Props
Madeleine Saint-Jacques
Movement
Chancz Perry
Technical Director
Élise Lefebvre
Lighting assistant
Julie-Anne Parenteau Comfort
Sound controls
Francis-Olivier Métras
Video controls
Victoria Morrison
Production coordinator
Anastasia Kitsos
SPS Team Leaders
Creative Producer
Janicke Morissette
Creative Director
Brigitte Henry
Project Manager
Isabelle Painchaud
