Between theatre and music, the Suzanne Guité project, led by Gaspesian composer Mathilde Côté, brings to light the life, work and fervour of this visionary creator.
Suzanne Guité was a Gaspesian artist, a woman of ideas, images and words. From the 1950s to the 1980s, she pursued her career as an artist on all fronts — producing sculptures, murals, watercolours and textile works, directing an art centre in Percé and raising four children between Mexico, Europe and the Gaspé Peninsula. Following her murder in 1981, she fell into collective oblivion, like too many women of her time. As the year 2026 marks the centenary of her birth, composer Mathilde Côté pays her a poetic tribute. We discover Suzanne Guité through her own words: embodied by actress and percussionist Krystina Marcoux, Suzanne comes to life and tells her own story. The stone and wood awaiting the sculptor's hand become sonic entities in conversation with the artist. The work speaks of art, of love and of motherhood — in all that is beautiful, powerful and difficult about them.
Project supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Culture Gaspésie, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Credits
- Mathilde Côté composer and pianist
- Krystina Marcoux actor and percussionnist
- André Lavergne guitars, pedal steel, sound effects
- Simon Dolan double bass
- Tiphaine Legrand preparer, LUMI School Children's Choir
- Romain Camiolo LUMI School Children's Choir
- John Giffen Voix
- Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse Voix
- Maddie Studt Voix
- Kimberley Lynch Voix
- Flavie Lemée Conception éclairages et vidéo
- Katia Gagné Mise en espace
- Anick La Bissonnière Scénographie
- Éliane Cordeau Scénographie
- Stéphane Mongrain Sonorisation
Programme
Mathilde Côté Suzanne Guité2025
Watch and listen
Projet Suzanne Guité
Practical information
Where is the concert held?
Espace orange | Édifice Wilder, 1435 Rue de Bleury #102, Montréal
