The Far Side of the Moon
Robert Lepage/Ex Machina (2000)
 
 

Director
Robert Lepage
Script Consultant
Adam Nashman
Artistic collaborator
and project originator
Peder Bjurman
Original music composed
and recorded by
Laurie Anderson

cast
Robert Lepage

 
Presented by the National Theatre in association with Cultural Industry

Supported by The Columbia Foundation of San Francisco
Mirisch & Lebenheim Charitable Foundation

Lyttelton Theatre

 

Drawing on his obsession with geography, self-discovery and technology, Robert Lepage's latest solo performance explores an inner voyage to outer space.

'A simple, resonating idea staged with such beauty that the result - sensual, emotional and intellectual - is breathtaking' The Australian

'The combination of artfully written and performed monologues and dazzling visual counterpoint, presented in conjunction with a hauntingly plaintive recorded score by Laurie Anderson, succeeds beautifully... a remarkable production' Los Angeles Times

'Wryly observant, poetic and visually stunning. Lepage again reveals himself to be a master illusionist of the stage... a wondrous production' Sydney Morning Herald

Running time is 2 hours 10 minutes, without an interval.

Platform performance at 10.00pm, 19 July, in the Lyttelton. Robert Lepage in conversation with Richard Eyre.

For information and images from previous Lepage productions performed at the National, go to Past Productions in the NT Archive section of our site.

The transcription of a previous Platform interview with Robert Lepage is available in Platform Papers.



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