At the crossroads of theater and cinema, the duo creates an art where reality, ever closer to the imaginary, immerses the audience in an extraordinary fantastical universe.

After the dazzling Norman and Beauty and the Beast, Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon bring their expertise into a contemporary exploration of the myth of Icarus.

The classic Greek myth tells the story of Icarus, whose wax and feather wings, crafted by his father Daedalus, melted as he flew too close to the sun. In this contemporary version, Daedalus, whose discoveries revolutionized the world of architecture, is at the heart of the story. Now old and haunted by his ghosts, he has secluded himself in a forest. Icarus, on an existential quest, comes to visit him, but Daedalus remains lost in the labyrinth of his memories, despite himself.

The father-son confrontations and the evocations of the past are punctuated by the chorus leader, a nod to the foundations of Greek drama. This chorus leader is portrayed on stage by a mezzo-soprano singer.

The text by Olivier Keimeid, a Montreal-based author, unfolds and reinterprets all the facets of the myth without restrictive interpretation: the complex relationship between a son and his father, the impossible contentment in a society driven by an unrelenting pursuit of growth, and above all, the beauty of flight, which perhaps symbolizes the creative impulse and the thirst for the absolute found in artists...