The Anorak is a play by Adam Kelly about the École Polytechnique massacre and the life and death of Marc Lépine.
[1] After each performance, Kelly would hold an optional forum with the audience to discuss issues brought up in the play, including gun control and violence against women.
[4][5][6] A French translation of the play, by Geneviève Charbonneau, premiered at Laval University in Québec City in 2008, with Gaétan Rancourt in the lead role,[7] and Kelly acted in the French version for the 20th anniversary of the massacre at Université de Montréal.
[8] For his work on The Anorak, Kelly was recruited to collaborate with Denis Villeneuve on his film Polytechnique.
[9] Productions have taken place in Montreal, Toronto, and London,[10] with the play's Off West End premiere taking place at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Camden in 2013, with Felix Brunger in the lead role and directed by Matthew Gould.