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Les Filles Du Roi

Mon, Dec 04

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Royal Theatre

Adapted from the award-winning musical by Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac, Les Filles du Roi (The King's Daughters) tells the powerful story of a young girl, Kateri, and her brother Jean-Baptiste, whose lives are disrupted upon the arrival of les filles du roi in ‘New France’ (now Montreal) in 1665

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Les Filles Du Roi
Les Filles Du Roi

Time & Location

Dec 04, 2023, 4:00 p.m.

Royal Theatre, 1597 Bay Ave, Trail, BC V1R 4B2, Canada

About The Event

This gorgeous award-winning musical in English, French and Kanien’Kéha (Mohawk) has its theatrical premiere on the stage in 2018 to glowing reviews. Critics called it “a work of monumental importance”, “heartfelt, ambitious and tremendously earnest”, “musically rich”, “a linguistic adventure”, and a “sumptuous reimagining of our history”. A deeply moving and unique work, it’s a perfect vehicle that uncovers a perspective different from the one told by Settler culture, one that redefines the Canadian narrative. Now beautifully shot with Payette’s directorial panache, the work will have a broader reach for people to reimagine our history in more inclusive and accurate ways. Watch the trailer here Filmmaker Biography: Corey Payette is an interdisciplinary storyteller, writer, composer, producer, director in TV and film. He is a member of the Mattagami First Nations, with French Canadian and Irish ancestry, and lives on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl'ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. Known…

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