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Robert Lepage

ROBERT LEPAGE

  (1957 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Robert Lepage was born on December 12th 1957 in Quebec City, Quebec. His mother, Germaine, had had several miscarriages and so his parents decided to adopt. they had adopted a boy and a girl and then his mother became pregnANT again and the result was Robert. Later a sister, Linda was born - Linda is now his personal manager. When he was five he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia which meANT that he lost all body hair. It is said that he now has a wardrobe full of wigs. He was bullied at school and became depressed. In his teens he tried smoking a joint, it had opium in it and he had an allergic reaction and he nearly died and this led to a complete breakdown. Robert had panic attacks and became acrophobic. He took Drama lessons to overcome his shyness and found something that he loved. He attended the Conservatoire d'art Dramatique in Quebec and Alan Knaipp's Theatre school in Paris. Returning from France he began writing and directing. One of the actresses in the Theatre company he was in - Theatre Humm - was raped and murdered and the police decided that Robert was their main suspect. He was not able to clear his name for two years. actually it was two years, two months and two days after the murder that an unstable numerologist confessed. Lepage used the experience to write "Polygraph" (he had had to take one during the police investigation). In 1994 he founded ex Machina a multi disciplinary Theatre group. also in 1994 he was putting "Needles and Opium" on in Chicago. One morning he went to a workshop led by Kevin McCoy, actor and writer. they met again that evening at a party. the next evening they went out for a meal and as Kevin said "the rest is history. It was both a simple and momentous beginning". they had a long distance relationship and in 1997 Kevin moved to Quebec to be with Robert.

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         887         Andersen Project, The         Blue Dragon, The         Busker's Opera, The         Circulations         Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde         Dragons Trilogy, The         Elsinore         Eonnagata         Far Side Of the Moon, The         Geometry Of Miracles         In the Meantime         Lipsynch         Needles And Opium         Playing Cards 1: Spades         Polygraph         Seven Streams Of the River Ota         Tectonic Plates         Vinci

887

Synopsis:
887 is a journey into the realm of memory. The idea for this project originated from the childhood memories of Robert Lepage; years later, he plunges into the depths of his memory and questions the relevance of certain recollections. Why do we remember the phone number from our youth yet forget our current one? How does a childhood song withstand the test of time, permanently ingrained in our minds, while the name of a loved one escapes us? Why does meaningless information stick with us, but other more useful information falls away? How does memory work? What are its underlying mechanisms? How does a personal memory resonate within the collective memory? 887 considers various commemorative markers-the names of parks, streets, stelae and monuments-and the historical heritage around us that we no longer notice. Consequently, the play also focuses on oblivion, the unconscious, and this memory that fades over time and whose limits are compensated for by digital storage, mountains of data and virtual memory. In this era, how is theatre, an art based on the act of remembering, still relevant today? All of these questions are distilled into a story where Lepage, somewhere between a theatre performance and a conference, reveals the suffering of an actor who-by definition, or to survive-must remember not only his text, but also his past, as well as the historical and social reality that has shaped his identity.

Notes:
Written, directed and performed by Robert Lepage

1st Produced:
Le Grand Theatre de Loire-Atlantique, Canada    24 Feb 2015

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Andersen Project, The

Synopsis:
Uses Hans Christian anderson's life as a starting point from which to explore loneliness, guilt and the restless relationship between creativity and destructiveness.
Sarah Hemming, Financial Times

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ex Machina

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Blue Dragon, The

Synopsis:
Robert Lepage superbly performs in this sequel to his 1985 breakthrough masterpiece the Dragons' Trilogy , marking the return of that play's central figure  artist Pierre Lamontagne  who resurfaces in Shanghai 20 years later. Set in the effervescent paradox that is modern China, this new instalment focuses on Lamontagne's encounters with a former student classmate and a young Chinese conceptual artist. as the lives of these individuals collide, unexpected doors open, bringing about fundamental changes for each of them.

Notes:
conceived by Marie Michaud And Robert Lepage. Performed in English, French And Mandarin with English surtitles

1st Produced:
The Fei And Milton Wong Experimental Theatre At Sfu Woodward's Development In Downtown Vancouver, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver    40211

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105 min Piece

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Busker's Opera, The

Synopsis:
Starting in London and then transferring to New York and all across America but the characters are no longer crooks but buskers.

Notes:
Music by Fredericke Bedard, Martin Belanger, Julie Fainer, Claire Gignac, Frederic Lebrasseur, Veronika Maldissi-Warren, Kevin McCoy; Steve Normandin, Marco Polin, Jean Rene; book by Robert Lepage; Kevin McCoy. Based on "the Beggar's Opera" by John Gay

1st Produced:
Montreal High Lights Festival    2004

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Circulations

Synopsis:
a young woman travels from Canada to New York to try and sort out her family history

Notes:
Performed in English And French

1st Produced:
-    1984

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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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By Robert Lepage And Others; Full Version

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Dragons Trilogy, The

Synopsis:
Francoise and Jeanne are twelve and inseparable. they play shops. With shoe boxes they have made an entire shopping street. Jeanne is fascinated with the red hair of one of the customers at her father's barbershop. an englishman arrives wanting to set up shop in Quebec City.

Notes:
Written with Marie Brassard, Jean Casault, Lorraine Cote, Marie Cignac, Marie Michauld

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Barbican/Young Vic/ex Machina

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Elsinore

Synopsis:
a one man "Hamlet"

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Contained in: "Canadian Theatre Review number 111" 2002   -

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Devised Piece

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Eonnagata

Synopsis:
It tells the story of the Chevalier d'eon, Charles de Beaumont - diplomat, writer, swordsman and a member of the King's Secret, a network of spies under the control of Louis XV. De Beaumont was perhaps the first spy to use transvestitism in the furtherance of his duties and until the day he died his true gender was a source of constant speculation, even provoking public bets in the late 18th century.

Notes:
dancer Sylvie Guillem And choreographer Russell Maliphant

1st Produced:
Sadlers Wells, London    2009

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Far Side Of the Moon, The

Synopsis:
Two brothers grieve over the death of their mother. Meanwhile, in space Russian cosmonaut Leonid prepares to walk in space. there are plans to build an elevator to take people from earth up into space

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1st Produced:
Theatre Du Trident, Quebec    2000

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Solo Play/Drama

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Geometry Of Miracles

Synopsis:
architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the influence on him and his work by his second wife Olgivanna

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In the Meantime

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1st Produced:
-    1982

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Lipsynch

Synopsis:
Lipsynch is structured in nine units, each of which concentrates on a figure from the floating gallery of characters who populate a series of overlapping plots,building to an exquisitely moving and unexpected climax. as so often in Lepage's work, the protagonists find themselves adrift in the world and, as we follow their journeys, we become deeply involved in their search for identity. the production moves from war-torn Vienna to pre-revolutionary Nicaragua and contemporary London, encountering those who have lost the power of speech, are tangled in linguistic confusion or for whom reality and imagination have become indistinguishable. From the primal sounds of a baby's cry to the sophistication of an operatic aria, their interwoven destinies create a startling and tender montage of humanity.

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1st Produced:
Quebec    2002

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ex Machina

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Needles And Opium

Synopsis:
Love and addiction in the lives of Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau

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Genre:
Monologue play 90 min

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Playing Cards 1: Spades

Synopsis:
True to this outstanding director's rich artistic legacy, the show makes brilliant use of theatrical wizardry and has been created specifically for presentation in the round within the Roundhouse's stunning Main Space. Playing Cards 1:SPADeS is the first in a planned series of four plays, each shaped around one suit in a deck of cards. This first part explores the theme of war and is set in the desert city of Las Vegas at the onset of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Notes:
Performed in English, French, Spanish and Danish, with surtitles in English.

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Genre:
180 min one act multimedia piece

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 actors with doubling

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Polygraph

Synopsis:
an actress is raped and murdered

Notes:
Translated by Gyllian Raby. / written by Brassard, Marie And Lepage, Robert

1st Produced:
-    1988

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Play/Drama

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Seven Streams Of the River Ota

Synopsis:
Death in a concentration camp. Death in the Hiroshima a-bomb blast. Death by assisted suicide by an aIDS sufferer

Notes:
by eric Bernier, Robert Lepage

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Genre:
AIDS, seven hour epic

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Male:  19            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Tectonic Plates

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1st Produced:
-    1989

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Vinci

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1st Produced:
ICA, London >>>    1987

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