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Needles and Opium archiveSpellbinding technical wizardry illuminates a multilayered tale of heartbreak as Robert Lepage takes inspiration from the lives of Jean Cocteau and Miles Davis to explore addiction, disorientation and the creative drive. In 1949, French writer and filmmaker Cocteau returns from New York full of wonder and disenchantment while the American musician Davis visits Paris, bringing bebop to the old continent and making new fans. Forty years on, a lonely actor tries to forget his former lover, his torment echoing the dependency both artists had on drugs.

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Author: Robert Lepage

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Archive listings for Needles and Opium (2016)

Work type: Play.

T01361746320

Company Ex Machina. Director Robert Lepage. Translation Jenny Montgomery. Director Normand Bissonnette (assistant). Design Carl Fillion. Music Jean-Sebastien Cote. Sound Jean-Sebastien Cote. Lighting Bruno Matte. Costume Francois Saint-Aubin. Performer Marc Labreche. Performer Wellesley Robertson III.
7 Jul 16 to 16 Jul 16Barbican Centre, West End :: V371
listing details L0196485390

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