MEET THE ARTISTS
After the second performance of each play, the actors and directors will meet with the audience. These discussions will provide insight into the creative process of each company and the issues explored in the plays presented at the 4th edition of Théâtres du Monde.
La Preuve and le Grand Cahier – Thursday, May 9. Moderator: Lise Vaillancourt
Genesi, From the Museum of Sleep – Friday, May 10. Moderator: Lorraine Hébert
Endstation Amerika – Tuesday, May 14. Moderator: Paul Lefebvre
Cul-de-sac – Friday, May 17. Moderator: Paul Lefebvre.

ROUND TABLE ON THEATRICAL ADAPTATIONS
To adapt is to first choose and select. But perhaps adaptation is also a form of writing, one that takes shape through the writing of others. Hosted by moderator Wajdi Mouawad, this round table will include Günther Lesage and Ryszard Turbiasz of the Flemish collective De Onderneming, plus Frank Castorf and playwright Carl Hegemann from Volksbühne, as well as Lorraine Pintal, Brigitte Haentjens and Téo Spychalski.
Monday, May 13 from 12.00 to 2.00 PM at Café du Monument National, 1182 St-Laurent Blvd. Free admission, please make your reservation at 514-842-0704.

FILM SCREENING AT THE GOETHE INSTITUTE
FRANK CASTORF'S DÄMONEN
Frank Castorf brought to the screen his theatrical adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s Demons, the first part of his Capitalism and Depression cycle. Under the director’s iconoclastic gaze, a group of late 19th-century Russian nihilists becomes a Mafia gang in the 1960s who tear each other to pieces in evening dress in a suburban bungalow. Castorf filmed with no special effects, no lighting or added music, leaving pride of place to camera movement and the actors’ performance. The French version of DÄMONEN will be presented at the Goethe Institute at 418 Sherbrooke St. East.
Saturday, May 11 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, May 12 at 7 p.m. 2h55min. Tickets: $5.

FRANK CASTORF’S PLAYS
Dostoyevsky’s The Insulted and Injured (transposed to Berlin after the fall of the Wall), Sartre’s Dirty Hands (placed in the context of the war in the former Yugoslavia) and Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange are some of Frank Castorf’s most subversive theatrical adaptations. These videotapings (in the original German language version) of works that have marked Castorf’s career at the Volksbühne are available for screening at the Goethe Institute.
May 11 to 18. By appointment: (514) 499-0159.

VISIONARY OR PROVOCATEUR?
The work of Romeo Castellucci leaves no one indifferent. Among the most radical of contemporary creative artists, he and his associate Chiara Guidi will meet with theatre professionals and performance and visual artists. This will be a question-and-answer period to learn more about the concerns and the radical aesthetics of the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio.
Friday, May 10 at 10 a.m. in the Salon rouge at Monument National.

IN PERPETUAL MOTION
Eschewing a formulaic and decorative approach to theatre, DA DA KAMERA creates works that are constantly evolving. Daniel Brooks and Daniel MacIvor will discuss their creative process with a group of theatre students and professionals. The workshop will take place in English.
Friday, May 17 at 11 a.m. at USINE C.