Medea Luz follows Katalina, a woman who dreams of performing tragedy. She decides to rewrite the myth of Medea, drawing on her own mother, a Chilean woman who left a country devastated by dictatorship and brutality. Her mother's wounds resurface as she raises her daughter, and Katalina asks whether anyone can escape a tragic destiny written before birth.
The show combines striking aesthetics with a multidisciplinary approach. Author and performer Kathy-Alexandra Retamal Villegas delivers a committed, trilingual text set against music that is almost scenographic. Margarita Herrera Domínguez directs.
The cast features Kathy-Alexandra Retamal Villegas, Patricia Pérez and Akawui Riquelme, who also plays live music. The creative team includes Roxanne Bédard (lighting) and Olivier Magnan-Bossé (sound design). Performances start at 19:30 in Salle Fred-Barry.
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Kathy-Alexandra Retamal Villegas
Author and performer who wrote the text and developed the concept of Medea Luz. She is known for a committed, trilingual voice set within a multidisciplinary, music-driven staging.
Patricia Pérez
Patricia Pérez is a performer in Medea Luz, a multidisciplinary theatre piece at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier that rewrites the myth of Medea through a Chilean family's story.
Akawui Riquelme
Nelson Akawui Riquelme Catalan is a performer and live musician in Medea Luz. His live music is an almost scenographic part of the show's multidisciplinary staging.
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