The Horse of Blue

“My grandfather says that between the rocking horse and the rocking chair is where a man’s life unfolds.”

A red horse, a green horse, a wooden horse, an iron horse: it’s possible to own a thousand different horses, but hands down, there is nothing better than a Horse of Blue. Just one of his tears can turn into an ocean, a whale, a school of fish!

A young woman enthusiastically tells us the horse stories passed down to her by her grandfather. Even though his chair doesn’t rock anymore, he has left something very precious behind. In this sublime theatrical performance in which words and the poetry of movements are symbiotic, a hearing actor and a deaf actor share the stage.

Nominated one of the top five plays of the year in 2019 by ARTV, this play was also honoured with two Prix Rideau Awards, for Outstanding Director (Milena Buziak) and Outstanding Design (lighting, Benoît Brunet-Poirier), as well as two nominations for actor Jonathan Poulin-Desbiens (Outstanding Performance and Outstanding New Creation). The play, accessible to deaf and hearing audiences aged 8 and up, was performed in digital format with French and English subtitles at the Sound OFF Festival, Canada’s only sign language festival, as well as during National AccessAbility Week 2022.

Théâtre de la Vieille 17 in co-production with Voyageurs Immobiles, creation company, with the support of the Théâtre français of the National Arts Centre.