Billy (the days of howling) rolls together prejudices, stereotypes and ignorance into a tsunami of anger. The three characters, who view each other as lesser or wanting, are confronted by the repercussions of unforgiving judgments.
The Gazette : "In Billy (the days of howling)... we hear the inner rage of three whiney adults. ... Cloutier's flamboyantly overwritten play sends out a shrapnel bomb's worth of witty, piercing social commentary."— Pat Donnely, 2008‑11‑14.
Text / Texte : Fabien Cloutier;
Translator / Traduction : Nadine Desrochers;
Director / Mise en scène : Emma Tibaldo.
Billy (the days of howling) rolls together prejudices, stereotypes and ignorance into a tsunami of anger. The three characters, who view each other as lesser or wanting, are confronted by the repercussions of unforgiving judgments.
Billy's dad : Davide Chiazzese;
Billy's mom : Susan Glover;
Alice's mother : Nadia Verrucci.
Set / Décor : Lyne Paquette;
Costumes & set / Costume & Décor : Fruzsina Lànyi;
Lighting / Éclairage : David Perreault Ninacs;
Sound / Son : Michael Leon;
Movement / Mouvement : Rasili Botz;
Stage Manager / Régisseur : Rachel Dawn Woods;
Technical Director / Directeur technique : Scott Drysdale.
Thank you for the generous support of Canadian Actors' Equity Association and Playwrights' Workshop Montreal. Talisman engages, under the terms of the Guest Artist Policy, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actor's Equity Association.
The Gazette : "In Billy (the days of howling)... we hear the inner rage of three whiney adults. ... Cloutier's flamboyantly overwritten play sends out a shrapnel bomb's worth of witty, piercing social commentary."— Pat Donnelly, 2014‑10‑17. More / Plus...
Le Devoir : "Crass individualism, excessive morality with a hygienist flavor, arrogance, frustration and aggression, and an over-sized ego—it's all there... Billy (the days of howling) easily manages to convey all [of Cloutier's] emotion... the better to make the point, in the end, that ignorance, obscurantism and its excesses, unfortunately, have no boundaries."— Fabien Deglise, 2014‑10‑17. More / Plus...
Sors-tu ? : "The strength of Billy (the days of howling) lies in its characters' striking resemblance to middle-class Montrealers, with their disconnected and often erroneous judgments and discourse. ... A pertinent reflection on the distorted proportions that our daily irritations can take, carried by a flawless cast."— Cléo Mathieu, 2014‑10‑17. More / Plus...
The Suburban : "The audience loved this beautifully written and well-acted play in a quaint theatre I had never been to before."— Mike Cohen, 2014‑10‑15. More / Plus...
The Gazette (preview) : "Billy (the days of howling) is one of those rare plays that focus on the parenting of small children. 'It's about people who rush to judgement', Cloutier said. [...] 'The idea arrived one day when I arrived at the garderie. I wtnessed an event that pushed me to judge someone else. But I was wrong'."— Pat Donnelly, 2014‑10‑09. More / Plus...
Le Devoir (preview) : "In Billy (the days of howling), it's above all the socioeconomic situation of the Other—or at least what we think we see of it—that channels contempt. ...[A]nd these people, as we all know, don't know how to bring up their children properly, hence the very sincere but completely catastrophic impulse to "rescue" the toddler."— Alexandre Cadieux, 2014‑10‑11. More / Plus...
