Le Wild West Show

2017

National Arts Centre

Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show is a flamboyant epic, constructed as a series of tableaux, about the struggles of the Métis in the Canadian West. A multilayered and entertaining saga with a rodeo vibe, loosely based on Buffalo Bill’s legendary outdoor travelling show.In 1885, following the hanging of his friend Louis Riel, bison hunter Gabriel Dumont fled to the United States. There he was recruited by the legendary Buffalo Bill, founder of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, a gigantic outdoor travelling show that re-enacted life in the American West. It made a huge impression on Dumont, and he dreamed of putting together a similar show to tell the story of the struggle of Canada’s Métis to reclaim their rights. (Source: nac-cna.ca)

Show Team

Coproduction
NAC French Theatre (Ottawa)
Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental (Montréal)
Théâtre Cercle Molière (Winnipeg)
La Troupe du Jour (Saskatoon)

‍Executive producer
‍NAC French Theatre

‍Creative partner
‍Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui (Montréal)

‍Director
‍Mani Soleymanlou

Assistant Director
‍Jean Gaudreau

General Stage Manager
‍Elaine Normandeau

Dramaturg
‍Maureen Labonté

Set Designer
‍David Granger

‍Lighting Designer
‍Erwann Bernard

‍Music
‍Benoît Morier,
‍Olaf Gundel

Video Content Producers
Silent Partners Studio

Costumes
‍Jeff Chief

‍Props
‍Madeleine Saint-Jacques