Thursday, June 16 Isabelle Longnus ¢ 8pm

Norman Rothstein Theatre — Jewish Community
Centre (950 41° West Avenue)

Tickets: $17 members / $22 non-members

— Seniors and students 10% discount

In collaboration with the Norman Rothstein Theatre, &
the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
and the Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation.

With the support of Spirit of BC. Pe

COLUMBIA
Isabelle Longnus, singer, composer, songwriter, has
established her position as one of the leading personalities
in the Francophone cultural milieu in Western Canada.
As one of the recipients of the “Prix Etoile Galaxie”, Isabelle has
also released three solo recordings and a dozen compilations,
video-clips and other co-operative productions. In the context
of the Coup de cceur francophone, and especially for the Centre
culturel francophone de Vancouver, she wrote and composed a
rock opera called “Le soleil brille a Coquitlam” in 2001, before
putting her signature on the stage direction of the show in
honor of Jacques Brel called “Tas voulu voir Vancouver”.
The producer of numerous films, documentaries and television
series, Isabelle Longnus has been a nominee and a recipient of
many prizes in the performing arts, audio recording and film.
In 2005, between her tours through Europe and Canada,
she will offer us a show that was specially created for the
16'" season of the Festival d’été francophone de Vancouver.

“War Songs for Peace”

With this new creation, Isabelle’s show will commemorate
the 60 anniversary of the end of the Second World War
and the liberation of the survivors in the concentration
camps. This poignant performance shows all the many
kinds of suffering caused by armed conflict, whether it is
the suffering of soldiers on the front line or of victims who
may be far from the actual battleground. For example, she
relates the grief of a mother who weeps for the son she has
lost as well as the hopefulness of a soldier who wants to
marry on his return home... “Chansons de guerre pour la
paix” is a collage of original compositions and melodies
written from the 16" century to the present, such as “Le
chant des Marais”, a song written in a concentration camp
during the Second World War and sung by so many of the
people who were deported, or again, an adaptation of a very
old song “Malbrough s’en va en guerre”. This voyage to the
heart of history, sung and narrated in French, English,
Italian, Spanish, German and Hebrew, evokes a painful past,
and nevertheless carries the hope of a vision of peace for
this new millennium. The powerful lyrics in this work with
its modern feel make the show very moving. Come out to
see Isabelle Longnus on the stage once again, at her most
sensitive and provocative, along with her accompanying
musicians and a choir of voices to carry her call for
remembrance and her message of peace.