The Whore of Babylon

« Between a cabinet of curiosities and a cabinet of monstrosities [A show] Without prejudice and without shame. »
La Presse, Mario Cloutier, 2015 – Montréal

Status
REPERTOIRE piece

Year of creation
2015

Duration
80 minutes

To the original music of the London cult group, The Whore of Babylon is a reinterpretation of the myth of the Great Harlot (Revelation, 17), a living, carnal, feminist fresco that embraces pleasure, explodes the forces of binary domination and all references to Good and Evil and overthrows Hell to make it the Paradise of God.

Between contemporary circus, physical theatre and live music, this play with a dark and offbeat humour is based on the writings of Georges Bataille, is inspired by the carnal work of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and is created in consultation with the biblicist Sébastien Doane.

According to Revelation 17, The Great Harlot

WHO IS THE WHORE OF BABYLON? 
READ SÉBASTIEN DOANE'S ANSWER

THE WHORE OF BABYLON
READ THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VISUAL ARTIST JÉRÉMIE ST-PIERRE

The whore of Babylon featuring The Tiger Lillies
Conceptor

Andréane Leclerc

Original music

The Tiger Lillies

Original score

Martyn Jaques

PERFORMERS

Marie Eve Bélanger, Alma Buholzer, Dana Dugan, Bonny Giroux, Laura Lipert, Maude Parent, Andréane Leclerc

ALBUM THE WHORE OF BABYLON FEATURING THE TIGER LILLIES

Martyn Jacques: vocals, accordion, guitar, ukulele, piano, harmonium, organ 
Adrian Stout: upright bass, bass guitar, saw, theremin, backing vocals
Timothy Remfrey: percussion

Dramaturgy

Nathalie Claude

Biblicist

Sébastien Doane

Lighting

Alexis Bowles

Costumes and scenography

Marilène Bastien

Parfumes

Isabelle Michaud, Monsillage

Technical Director

David Desrochers

Painting

Jérémie St-Pierre

Production

Nadère arts vivants

CO-PRODUCTION

Republique theatre (Copenhagen), Théâtre La Chapelle Scène contemporaines, Studio 303 (Montreal)

RESIDENCIES

Théâtre La Chapelle Scènes contemporaines, Studio 303, Centre de Création O Vertigo, Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Montreal), La Grainerie (Toulouse)

HAS ALSO participated in the research and creation

The Lady Josephine, Laurence Racine, Sage Bachtler-Cushman, Joël Lavoie, Claudel Doucet

Album produced by Nadère arts vivants / Andréane Leclerc for performances at Theatre La Chapelle (Montréal) and Theatre Republic (Copenhague) 2015.

Album recorded, mixed & mastered by Timm Brockmann at Red Light Studio, Berlin. 

All bass, saw and theremin tracks recorded by Adrian Stout at Blurt Studios, London

Album design by Frédéric Domont

Painting by Jérémie St-Pierre

According to Revelation 17, The Great Harlot

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