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Amazone

a (very violent) Love Story

An Evil King. A Noble Youth. A Damsel in Distress. More Damsels of the ass-kicking Warrior-Goddess variety. Jaw-dropping Fights from one of Montreal's best choreographers. Dance, Theatre, Kung Fu & Storytelling meld together to tell a timeless tale of War, Peace, Love and Death. Not for the weak-hearted.

Un roi maléfique. Un héro en herbe. Une princesse en détresse. D'autres princesses, euh, déesses du genre à faire frémir les plus costauds. Des chorégraphies à couper le souffle. Danse, théâtre, Kung Fu & magie se mêlent pour raconter une histoire d'une modernité carrément ancienne. Pas pour les âmes fragiles.

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Cast & Crew

Oliver Koomsatira plays Kip, a wandering vagabond and minstrel as lucky as a bag of rabbit's feet, and who falls instantly in love with Shalina.

Heidi Hawkins is our beautiful heroine Shalina, an orphaned maiden who falls in love with Kip.


Ulka Simone Mohanty plays Zura, the finest fighter of the Amazone tribe. Deceptively petite, she is always the most lethal creature in sight.

Fred Habel stars as the Evil Prince. Corrupt, drunk, vain and cruel, he's our main villain.


Yannick Giguère (also in this role, Alex Goldrich) plays The General, a noble soul and seasoned warrior, pledged to serve the Royal Family, even unto death.

Paul de Tourreil the Narrator, the play's symbolic universal remote who sometimes might step in to join a fight or two.

The Amazones - Aminata Aïdara (Sabistar), Aurélie Leroy (Nala), Élodie Devillers (Soa), Laurence DB (Savamalle), Leonora King (Snake-in-the-Grass), Marie-France Thiébaud (Lilou), Marilou Maurice

The Horde of Soldiers - Annick Beauvais, Jonathan Lortie, Jorge Reynaud, Michelle Chow (Okonomiyaki-chan), Michelle Diamond (The Diamond), Mitch Amihod, Sebastian Jacek-Coté, Shane Ward (Shane)

The Heroic Crew
Written and narrated by Paul de Tourreil
Conceptualization and Direction by Paul de Tourreil, Michelle Diamond and Ulka Simone Mohanty (l'Équipe En-garde)
Production Manager - Michelle Diamond
Stage Manager - Beatriz Cruz
Stage Fight choreographers - Paul de Tourreil, Shawn Baichoo, Yannick Giguère and Aatish Rizwan Shaikh (Mumbai)
Dance choreographer - Ulka Simone Mohanty
Costume Designers - Jennifer Glasgow and Sarah Claire Gibson
Musical arrangement - Ulka Simone Mohanty

Vérité & Conséquences

un spectacle solo (Ninjas inclus!!)

Daniel veut pèter la gueule à tout ce qui le contrarie. Il se pense inatteignable, il fanfaronne, mais fait face à un énorme danger. Il va se battre devant vous. Jusqu'au bout. Daniel a beaucoup de choses à vous dire... mais le temps presse!

Meet Daniel, a wacky young man with a very dark secret, whose attempts to ingratiate himself to the audience are regularly interrupted by Insane Ninja Attacks... Will he survive?

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Cast & Crew

Fred Habel, notre héro Daniel



The Ninja Horde - Annick Beauvais, Jonathan Lortie, Jorge Reynaud, Michelle Chow (Okonomiyaki-chan), Michelle Diamond (The Diamond), Mitch Amihod, Sebastian Jacek-Coté, Shane Ward (Shane)


The Heroic Crew
Écrit par Paul de Tourreil
Traduction en français par Fred Habel
Conceptualisation et Mise en scène par Paul de Tourreil, Michelle Diamond (l'Équipe En-garde)
Chargée de production - Michelle Diamond
Chargée de scène - Beatriz Cruz
Chorégraphes de combat de scène - Paul de Tourreil, Shawn Baichoo et Yannick Giguère
Costume Designers - Jennifer Glasgow et Sarah Claire Gibson

Special thanks to / Grand remerciements

Shawn Baichoo
Florent Fournier
Dan Séguin
Académie Shaolin White Crane Kung Fu
Aatish Academy for Performing X-Treme Arts
Staff of the Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montreal
MAI - Montreal, arts interculturel
Du Parc YMCA

The participation of Shawn Baichoo, Heidi Hawkins, & Oliver Koomsatira is by kind permission of Equity (CAEA).

Schedule/Horaire

Fringe Fest info: 514.849.FEST

venue: MAI
3680 Jeanne-Mance
514.982.1812
Amazone
  • 12 Jun FRI/VEN @ 23:45
  • 14 Jun SUN/DIM @ 18:00
  • 15 Jun MON/LUN @ 21:45
  • 19 Jun FRI/VEN @ 24:00
  • 20 Jun SAT/SAM @ 17:15
  • 21 Jun SUN/DIM @ 19:00
  • Volunteer night /
    Soirée des bénévoles:

    14 Jun SUN/DIM @ 18:00
  • 2-for-1 night /
    Soirée 2-pour-1:

    19 Jun FRI/VEN
    @ midnight/minuit
V&C (Ninjas)
  • 12 Jun FRI/VEN @ 22:00
  • 13 Jun SAT/SAM @ 14:15
  • 16 Jun TUE/MAR @ 20:00
  • 18 Jun THU/JEU @ 24:00
  • 20 Jun SAT/SAM @ 19:00
  • 21 Jun SUN/DIM @ 15:45
  • Volunteer night /
    Soirée des bénévoles:

    13 Jun SAT/SAM @ 14:15
  • 2-for-1 night /
    Soirée 2-pour-1:

    18 Jun THU/JEU
    @ midnight/minuit
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Oliver Koomsatira graduated from The Dome's Professional Theatre Program and has since performed in over 70 film and theatre productions in both English and French. A few theatre credits include Mowgli in Geordie Productions' The Jungle Book, directed by Dean Fleming; Moritz Steifel in Persephone Theatre's Spring Awakening directed by Gabrielle Soskin, and many other roles with local Montreal companies like TacCom, Gravy Bath, Three Blind Mice, Gleams Theatre, Unwashed Grape and more. He's also toured Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and The United-States with 3 productions. The first one entitled Law, was funded by Le Ministère de la Justice with the mandate to raise awareness about bullying. The second entitled L'aventure Saine Cité, funded by Le Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux aimed to raise awareness about the risks of excessive gambling, drug and alcohol use. The third entitled Me Me Me by Dynamo Theatre, was an acrobatic movement theatre show for young audiences exploring the many aspects of friendship. Part time, he enjoys seeking out evil ninjas to give them wedgies and Charlie horses.

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Heidi Hawkins Upon graduating from John Abbott's Professional theatre program, Heidi has had the opportunity to work with various local theatre companies. Most recently she appeared as Felicity Cunningham in Mainline's The Real Inspector Hound directed by Jeremy Hetchman. Other favorites include playing Celia in Pumpkin Theatre's As You Like it, Erica in Persephone Productions' Suburbia, and touring with Geordie Theatre Productions' No Sweat and Gremlin. She just finished up Cherry Docs, by David Gow in which she made her Assistant Directorial debut, under Persephone Productions Gabrielle Soskin. She thinks Amazone is going to kick some serious ASS!

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    A native Montrealer and Fringe enthusiast, Ulka Simone Mohanty learned to walk and dance at approximately the same time. She is classically trained in the Indian dance form of Bharata Natyam (Montreal) as well as in contemporary dance (UK, Montreal). She possesses parallel training in various martial arts, theatre and yoga which greatly influence her work and she has had the opportunity to perform throughout Canada, United States, India, the UK and Costa Rica. She is a co-founder of the dance-music collective Ekatva, and has collaborated with dancers such as Reena Almoneda-Chang, Manijeh Ali and Roger Sinha. When not choreographing or performing, she teaches dance and yoga, and does voice acting on the side. Ulka looks forward to fighting the baddies as Zura in Amazone with sassy choreography and seriously bone-breaking stage combat!

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    Abel et les arts en général s'adonnent bien ensemble. Le succès de leur heureux ménage est dû aux fréquentes aventures partagées dans les sphères d'activités variées.

    En tant qu'auteur-compositeur-interprète ou comédien, des opportunités fabuleuses se sont présentées à lui ; c'est en tant que poète que la vie s'est le mieux révélée. L'appel des monastères retentit de toute sa brillance au oreilles de son ambition. C'est sans contredit pour la chorale.

    Rien de spécial à rajouter ; Abel est trop modeste pour en remettre!

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    Yannick Giguère baigne dans les arts martiaux depuis 1981. Depuis ses débuts en Karaté et Aiki Jiu-jitsu, qu'il pratique et enseigne toujours, il à su perfectionner son art en visitant plusieurs familles d'arts martiaux. Des styles chinois de Kung Fu tel le White Crane et le Hung Gar à l'escrime européenne, il s'intéresse à toutes les formes d'arts martiaux. Avec sa formation d'acteur et de cascadeur, il fut mené à diriger des équipes de cascadeurs pour diverses réalisations. Il récidive maintenant dans ces numéros, en jumelant sa passion pour les arts martiaux et le jeu d'acteur. Il incarne ici le général... Bon... Mauvais... il est celui avec le sourire...

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    Paul de Tourreil began writing fiction at a very young age, when his third-grade teacher encouraged him to serialize a story for his weekly composition homework. Eight months and 136 pages later, the budding writer was hooked. Numerous detours followed, including a B.Sc in Biology from Concordia University, instructor training and certification in White Crane Kung Fu, which he has been teaching professionally since 1997, and cofounding Vangarde Theatre Company in 1998. His twin interests in martial arts and theatre intersect in the discipline of Stage Combat, which he has been practicing and studying since 1996. 2009 marks his return to the Fringe after an improbably long and regrettable absence.

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