Cine Monstro

by Daniel MacIvor, Enrique Diaz (Adaptação )

Em Cine Monstro, Daniel MacIvor adentra um universo mais sombrio, em que a crueldade e a violência caminham ao lado de uma ironia mordaz. Por meio de histórias entrecruzadas numa única voz que se fragmenta em 13 personagens, o autor joga com o fascínio dos filmes de terror e invoca os impulsos destrutivos que tentamos esconder.
Daniel MacIvor, um dos maiores nomes da dramaturgia contemporânea é também ator, roteirista e diretor de teatro. A editora Cobogó já lançou outras peças deste autor, In On It e A Primeira Vista, reunidas em uma mesma publicação.

Genres: Plays, Canada, Drama, Theatre

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 1998

About the author

Daniel MacIvor was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1962. He is a stalwart of the Canadian theatre scene, having written and directed numerous award-winning productions including See Bob Run, Wild Abandon, 2-2-Tango, This Is A Play, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, How It Works, A Beautiful View, Communion, Bingo! and his work has been translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German and Japanese. From 1987 to 2007 with Sherrie Johnson he ran da da kamera, a respected international touring company which brought his work to Australia, the UK and extensively throughout the US and Canada. With long time collaborator Daniel Brooks, he created the solo performances House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac and This is What Happens Next.

Daniel won a GLAAD Award and a Village Voice Obie Award in 2002 for his play In On It, which was presented at PS 122 in New York. His play Marion Bridge received its off-Broadway premiere in New York in October of 2005. In 2006, Daniel received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama for his collection of plays I Still Love You. In 2007, his play His Greatness won the Jessie Richardson Award for Best New Play in Vancouver. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Siminovitch prize in Theatre.

Also a filmmaker, Daniel has written and directed the feature films Past Perfect, Wilby Wonderful and the short films Permission and Until I Hear From You, and he is the writer of the feature films Trigger, Marion Bridge and co-writer (with Amnon Buchbinder) of Whole New Thing.

Currently, Daniel divides his time between Toronto and Avondale, Nova Scotia and he is playwright in residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.

Reviews

[Krista · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw this performed by Daniel MacIvor in the late 90s, and it was terrifying. Just now reading it... Nearly 20 years later. Still good.

[Christopher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay, I am conflicted about this play. There is one particularly great monologue in this, and some interesting ideas for sure, but the transitions between characters by "adam" seems forced and contrived (it is meant to be performed by one actor). The structure is also lacking and some characters and stories are much more interesting than others and the time is frequently spent on the wrong ones.