Welcome to Walmart. A cashier and her fellow workers flick through celebrity gossip magazines on a break. 'See You Later, Celine' says a headline. What's wrong with Celine? Why is she turning her back on her glamorous public life, her adoring fans? And how is her story connected to the story of an unknown woman on the facing page? It's not. Until Caro intervenes. This wild and slippery fantasy explores our insatiable appetite for private lives made public. It is a savagely surreal attack upon contemporary culture's obsession with real-life tragedy and celebrity worship.

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« MANAGER: You're right - before that, she put her hand on her heart and said: 'Thank you,' but / without saying thank you / DISPLAY: WITHOUT saying thank you / MANAGER: Just mouthing the words 'Thank you' / DISPLAY: Yes, because people - COSMETICS: But she did end up saying saying 'Thank you,' I mean really / DISPLAY: But it took - That's why she said: 'Stop. It's too much.' / COSMETICS: YES, then after that: 'I love you lots!' - with her arm / DISPLAY: Then: 'I love you too,' because everyone was shouting: 'I LOVE YOU' / MANAGER : 'WE LOVE YOU, CÉLINE!' »

« A small bombshell has arrived from Montreal: an attack by Olivier Choinière, translated by Caryl Churchill, on what Robert Hughes once termed "the psychotic cult of celebrity". […] when a card from a devout, bedridden fan, Isabelle, is smuggled into Celine’s Las Vegas bedroom, we get a get a hideous glimpse of the cruel logic of celebrity-worship. Defined only by her relationship to Celine, Isabelle eventually becomes a living skeleton. Choinière pushes his argument to extremes but his point is entirely valid: that, by elevating fellow beings into secular icons, we destroy our sense of self. And, even if he doesn’t analyse the source of our modern malaise, Choinière brilliantly describes its manifestations: one of the checkout staff treats the mere presence of the incognito Celine as a form of benediction. » Michael Billington, The Guardian, London, April 3, 2008&r « A dark, powerful and unsettling play. […] A peek into the cult of celebrity » Sarah Hemming, FT.com Financial Times, London, April 6, 2008