Far Side of the Moon
Robert Lepage / Ex Machina
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15, 18, 28 €
Concs 10, 15 €
Language
In French with Greek surtitles
The Cold War space and arms race, the Alien Intelligence program and the childhood and adolescent memories of two brothers who clash after the death of their mother provide the raw material for this unique theatrical experience.
“The cosmos is dark, comrades, very dark”: so said Yuri Gagarin on seeing Earth from space for the first time. The mission of his fellow cosmonaut, Alexei Leonov, the first man to conduct a space walk a few years later, provoked other profound thoughts on the vast distances separating the heavenly bodies and the equally immense expanses of nothingness between them.
The melancholy of the cosmonaut is more than a metaphor in this production, which is perhaps the most visually stunning work from the Canadian wizard of the stage, Robert Lepage, whose Greek debut this is. The Cold War space and arms race between the Soviets and Americans, the Alien Intelligence program and the childhood and adolescent memories of two brothers who clash after the death of their mother provide the raw material for this unique theatrical experience which addresses the Big Question: are we alone in the universe. “The Far Side of the Moon”, which features music written for the production by Laurie Anderson, is a seminal production in world theater.
Parallel Event
After performance talk with Yves Jacques , actor of “The Far Side of the Moon”
14 October 2011
22:40 | Main Stage
His professional journey led him from his native Quebec City to Montreal, and then drove him to Paris, where he’s been playing since, on stage as well as in movies. “Le déclin de l’empire américain” (Denys Arcand) confirmed his talent, and his renown grew steadily with movies and theatrical productions in France and in Quebec. He is currently touring the world with Robert Lepage’s play “The Far Side of the Moon”, in its French and English versions, with which he’s charming European, North-American, Japanese and Asian audiences.
Moderated by:
Katia Arfara: Head of Theater and Dance Department at the Onassis Stegi
Language:
French/Greek
Credits
Written and directed by
Robert Lepage
Performed by
Yves Jacques
Script consultant
Adam Nashman
Artistic collaborator and project originator
Peder Bjurman
Assistant to the director
Pierre-Philippe Guay
Original music composed and recorded by
Laurie Anderson © 2000 Difficult Music (BMI)
Assistant set designer
Marie-Claude Pelletier
Assistant lighting designer
Bernard White
Costume designer
Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt
Puppet designers
Pierre Robitaille, Sylvie Courbron
Puppeteer
Éric Leblanc
Images produced by
Jacques Collin, Véronique Couturier
Audio editing
Jean-Sébastien Côté
Robert Lepage's agent
Lynda Beaulieu
Production Manager
Louise Roussel
Technical Coordinator
Michel Gosselin
Technical Director
Dany Beaudoin
Production Manager (Touring) & Tour Manager
Marie-Pierre Gagné
Technical Director (Touring)
Patrick Durnin
Stage Manager
Martin Genois
Lighting Manager
Renaud Pettigrew
Sound Manager
Stanislas Elie
Video Manager
Francis Leclerc
Costume & Props Manager
Isabel Poulin
Head Stagehand
Mathieu Thébaudeau
Stagehand
Emmanuelle Nappert
Set building
Les Conceptions Visuelles Jean-Marc Cyr
Host's voice
Bertrand Alain, Lorraine Côté
Additional music by
Beethoven, John Coltrane, Led Zeppelin
Soviet space images
Ultimax Group, Inc.
Translation into Greek
Louiza Mitsakou
Simultaneous surtitling
Yannis Papadakis
Produced by
Ex Machina
Associate producer, Europe, Japan
Richard Castelli
Associate Producer's Management team, Europe, Japan
Florence Berthaud, Rossana Di Vincenzo, Claire Dugot
Associate producer, United Kingdom
Michael Morris
Associate producer, The Americas, Asia (except Japan), Australia, NZ
Menno Plukker
Producer for Ex Machina
Michel Bernatchez
"The Far Side of the Moon" was first performed at
Le Théâtre du Trident in Quebec City on February 29th 2000
Ex Machina is funded by
the Canada Council for the Arts, Quebec's Arts and Literature Council and the City of Quebec
This production has been subsidized by
the Millennium Arts Fund of the Canada Council for the Arts
In co-production with
Aarhus Festuge, Aarhus | Bergen Internasjionale Festival, Bergen | Berliner Festspiele, Berlin | BITE:03, Barbican, London | Bonlieu Scène Nationale, Annecy | Cal Performances, University of California at Berkeley | Change Performing Arts, Milan | Cultural Industry Ltd., London | Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hambourg | Dublin Theatre Festival | Espace Malraux Scène Nationale Chambéry-Savoie, Chambéry | Festival de Otoño, Madrid | FIDENA, Bochum | Göteborg Dans & Teater Festival, Göteborg | Harbourfront Centre, Toronto | La Comète scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne | La Coursive, La Rochelle | Le Manège Scène Nationale, Maubeuge | Le Théâtre du Trident, Québec | Le Volcan Maison de la Culture, Le Havre | Les Cultures du Travail - Forbach 2000, Forbach | Le Maillon - Théâtre de Strasbourg, Strasbourg | Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon | Maison des Arts, Créteil | Northern Stage at Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle | Onassis Stegi, Athens | Pilar de Yzaguirre - Ysarca, Madrid | Schauspielhaus Zurich | Setagaya Public Theater, Tokyo | Steirischer Herbst, Graz | Théâtre de Namur, Namur | Teatro Nacional São João, Porto | Théâtre d'Angoulême, Scène Nationale, Angoulême | Théâtre de Sartrouville & des Yvelines, Sartrouville | The Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater, New York | The Irvine Barclay Operating Company, Irvine | The Royal National Theatre, London | The Sydney Festival, Sydney | TNT-Théâtre National de Toulouse, Toulouse | Tramway Dark Lights, Glasgow | UC Davis Presents, Davis | Wiener Festwochen, Vienna
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