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“Micheline is my mother. She’s also my aunt. My first role models were women with auburn hair and penciled-in eyebrows. To differentiate them on New Year’s Day at the Vaudreuil parish hall, people called them “Robert’s Micheline” and “Yvon’s Micheline.”
“Micheline:” the ultimate boomer name. Michelines were in style in the years of sliced sandwich bread. The name is on its way out; Michelines are an endangered species. Soon, only archeologists will take an interest in them. We need to celebrate them before it’s too late.”
After winning the hearts of audiences and critics with his one-man show Michelin, Michel-Maxime Legault digs back down into the endless source of inspiration that is his family and his origins. With the same delightful blend of humour, insight and genuine tenderness, this time the playwright and actor gives voice to two protagonists with the same name. Directed by Marie-Hélène Gendreau, Michel-Maxime tells us about his mother, a woman who pulls no punches, who is kind and not at all neurotic, while actor Frédérike Bédard portrays his larger-than-life aunt, who turns heads (and sparks gossip) everywhere she goes. In this short play, presented in the early evening as a 5 à 7 performance, Michel-Maxime pays tribute to all the Michelines, tenacious women who won’t be intimidated for a second. These mothers, sisters, aunts, and friends didn’t get the lives they dreamed of, but still played an irreplaceable role in our families.
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