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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Host Jimmy Blais talks with Playwright Gabrielle Chapdelaine and translator David Gagnon Walker about their new play<em> The Retreat</em>, as Imago Theatre presents its world premiere in Montreal.</p><p>This absurd, funny and provocative Montreal play features a community of people who have chosen to leave the world, shed all layers of their identity and responsibility in order to find mental wellness. When a new person arrives with her cell phone, chaos ensues. Escape into brazenly becoming zero.</p><p>Learn more at <a href="">www.imagotheatre.ca</a></p>]]></description>
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