The piece is supported by a remarkable solo performance by Debbie Lynch-White Tremble is a powerful cry from the bottom of our hearts for more justice and humanity on our planet.
Digging deep within herself, the actress plays a traumatized and angry nurse after encountering poverty in the Central African Republic and on a humanitarian ship in the Mediterranean rescuing desperate migrants.
Written by Toronto playwright Christopher Morris, this fictional story is based on the real-life experiences of a Montreal nurse working for an international aid organization. This work challenges this system that causes wars, rape, abuse and inequalities so great that they provoke the anger and helplessness of those who have seen them with their own eyes.
Rotating platform
Like a constantly erupting volcano, Debbie Lynch-White spits out her character’s pain with impressive power and sensitivity. She runs panting on a rotating platform for almost the entire show.
Yanick Macdonald
This process is incredibly effective in conveying the dismay of this nurse who is losing all direction, but also in illustrating this unjust world that is constantly spinning and crushing souls in its path.
The production by Édith Patenaude, which makes its debut at Espace Go, is therefore very successful.
For the forgotten
Through the testimony of this woman, broken by her experiences abroad, this proposal has the merit of giving a voice to those for whom life was too short and tragic.
Yanick Macdonald
However, the causes of these inequalities are rarely discussed, nor is the relevance of humanitarian aid. Above all, the nurse talks about her injuries without much analysis. In this sense, the text does not reveal anything very illuminating. Furthermore, this out-of-breath speech gets a little boring about halfway through this hour-and-a-half piece.
Nonetheless, this production represents a powerful plea for greater sensitivity to those unfortunate enough to have been born on the wrong side of the earth, an apology brilliantly delivered by Debbie Lynch-White.
Tremblements is presented at Espace Go until December 2nd. For full details click here.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars