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In Quebec, choosing our own death’s date and time is becoming increasingly common—medical assistance in dying now accounts for more than 7% of annual deaths. But are we, as a society, truly prepared for this new reality?

On October 5, 2021, Manuelle Légaré was with her father, the great comedian Pierre Légaré, through his final days—he had chosen medical assistance in dying. With Club sandwich mayonnaise, she steps on stage for the first time, looking to understand what she experienced and to ask the questions she never got the chance to ask. Blending personal narrative with social investigation, humor with existential questions, the play explores the human and ethical challenges of this profound shift in our relationship with death.

CLUB SANDWICH MAYONNAISE
April 2026
At Usine C

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Manuelle Légaré

Dramaturgy
Mathieu Gosselin

Director
François Bernier

Her first podcast, Récidive, chronicled her encounter with a former inmate on the path to rehabilitation who was later accused of kidnapping. Récidive won Best French-Language Podcast at the Paris Podcast Festival in 2021. Her most recent documentary, Alphas, co-directed and co-written with Simon Coutu, was a major success on Télé-Québec and was selected for the international INPUT conference.

Manuelle Légaré is the editor-in-chief of Tout le monde en parle. A content producer and screenwriter, she has worked on documentary series such as Alpha_02: Le mystère Alexandre Cazes, Le dernier soir (the first investigative series aired on Quebec television), La traque, Deuxième chance, and Qui êtes-vous?. Her work earned her the Gémeaux Award for Best Documentary Research – All Categories (Qui êtes-vous?) in 2016, and the awards for Best Documentary Series – Society (Deuxième chance and La traque) in 2018 and 2022.