“Shatters the limits of theatrical expression.” The New York Times, US

Eight actors. Four languages. Three generations.

In an empty parking lot, an imaginary Orient is conjured from the minds of 12-year-olds François and Jeanne; a China made of myth and miscellaneous rubbish, Tao, Mah Jong, and Chinese laundries.

A sprawling epic that spans 75 years and seven time zones, this new version of The Dragons' Trilogy is a stunning example of revolutionary director Robert Lepage’s ingenious approach to storytelling. First devised in 1985, it launched Lepage onto the world stage, where he has established a formidable reputation as a director, designer, playwright, filmmaker and performer.

Three Chinatowns provide the backdrop for the saga – one in Quebec City in the 1930s, another in mid-20th century Toronto, a third flourishing in Vancouver in the 1980s. Characters emerge, vanish, then reappear, their lives interweaving like a network of roads and rail tracks.

Hugely influential yet beyond imitation, Lepage constantly pushes the boundaries between text and image, screen and stage, the live and the recorded. His seven-hour stage show Seven Streams of the River Ota made a huge impact at the 1998 Festival.

This enthralling journey will captivate and move you – The Dragons' Trilogy is a once in a lifetime experience.

 

 

 

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