Robert Lepage is widely considered one of the most influential living theatre practitioners.
Hailing from Quebec, Lepage is a multidisciplinary artist whose work as a director, playwright and actor spans theatre, cinema, opera and rock concerts.
His theatre is recognisable for its highly visual mise-en-scène which has earned him the status, according to The Guardian, of the ‘alchemist of modern imagistic theatre’.
In 2020 Lepage is staging a revival of his company Ex Machina's early masterpieces: The Seven Streams of the River Ota (1994); a seven-hour piece about the impact of the 1945 Hiroshima bombing.
Lepage's work is often compared with other notable contemporary directors such as Robert Wilson, Peter Brook and Elizabeth LeCompte.
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