La mémoire de ma mère

In a fragmented room, memories come to light and take shape. Familiar objects become the triggers of an exuberant ceremony. Voices sing of what disappears, what remains, and what resists. The call of the red-headed woodpecker, the shores of the St. Lawrence, love stories, a mother’s memory, vernacular architecture, jangling coins, road maps, silence—how do we stand in the face of their inevitable fading?

Blending music and performance, La mémoire de ma mère is a shifting space where the personal touches the collective, where ghosts show up unannounced, where we celebrate, long, regret, and begin again. The performers play with traces of the past as one might invent a ritual—nostalgic and festive all at once.

As always, music is at the heart of it all. Much like memory—layered, preserved, interwoven with both logical and serendipitous connections—this new creation explores a wildly eclectic repertoire. With their signature flair, L’orchestre d’hommes-orchestres stitches together a patchwork theatre of impulses, embracing our inheritances full-heartedly and toasting what’s to come.

Design: L’orchestre d’hommes-orchestres

Performance: Bruno Bouchard, Jasmin Cloutier, Simon Elmaleh, Benoît Fortier, Philippe Lessard-Drolet et Danya Ortmann

Sound design: Frédéric Auger

Lighting design: Philippe Lessard-Drolet

Photography: Jacynthe Carrier

Project supported by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Entente de développement culturel MCC-Ville de Québec.