The Seven Streams of the River Ōta
Ex Machina / Robert Lepage
Hydro-Québec Auditorium
The Ōta River and its tributaries flow through the city of Hiroshima, where they separate before reaching the Seto Inland Sea. In the heart of this delta is the Aioi, a bridge that has a giant T shape when seen from above. This distinct design made it the target of the first atomic bomb dropped on humanity.
The seven streams of the Ōta River correspond to seven stories from 1945 to 1995 about plagues afflicting the second half of the 20th century: concentration camp deaths, with the Nazi concentration camps as one of the most extreme examples; nuclear deaths, which began with a blinding flash in the Japanese sky one morning in August 1945; and viral deaths, which, with AIDS, marked the end of the millennium.
Press
Les sept branches de la rivière Ōta: unique et fascinant — Journal de Québec «Les sept branches de la rivière Ōta»: un flot majestueux — Le Soleil «Les sept branches de la rivière Ōta» – Robert Lepage à Québec — Le Devoir Sept branches de la rivière Ōta : à la recherche du temps perdu — La Presse Richard Fréchette : 25 ans sur la rivière Ōta — La Presse
Performers
Rebecca Blankenship
Lorraine Côté
Christian Essiambre
Richard Fréchette
Tetsuya Kudaka
Myriam Leblanc
Umihiko Miya
Audrée Southière
Philippe Thibault-Denis
Donna Yamamoto
Credits
Text
Éric Bernier
Gérard Bibeau
Normand Bissonnette
Rebecca Blankenship
Marie Brassard
Anne-Marie Cadieux
Normand Daneau
Richard Fréchette
Marie Gignac
Patrick Goyette
Robert Lepage
Macha Limonchik
Ghislaine Vincent
Directed & designed by Robert Lepage
Creative Director Steve Blanchet
Dramaturg Gérard Bibeau
Translator - English surtitlesLouisa Blair
Directors' assistant Adèle Saint-Amand
Music & Sound Design Michel F. Côté
Collaboration to the music & musician Tetsuya Kudaka
Set Design - original production Carl Fillion
Set Design Adaptation Ariane Sauvé
Lighting Design Sonoyo Nishikawa
Images Design Keven Dubois
Costumes Design Virginie Leclerc
Properties Design Claudia Gendreau
Production Manager Marie-Pierre Gagné
Production Assistant Véronique St-Jacques
Technical Director - Creation Catherine Guay
Technical Director - Touring Simon Cloutier and Pierre Gagné
Stage Manager Francis Beaulieu
Sound Manager Karl Vincent and Gaspard Philippe
Lighting Manager Marie-Ève Malenfant
Video Manager Samuel Sérandour
Assistant Stage Manager Anne Marie Bureau
Head Stagehand Louis-Philippe Cloutier
Costumes Manager Virginie Leclerc
Properties Manager Carol Ann Charette
Project Manager - set Paul Bourque
Technical Consultants Stanislas Élie and François Ferland-Bilodeau
Children’s extras Meiyu Xu, Alice Lue
Set building Astuce Décors and Conception Alain Gagné
Costume maker Par Apparat, confection créative
Music copyright clearance Delphine Saint-Marcoux and Josée-Anne Tremblay, La Négo
Robert Lepage's Agent Lynda Beaulieu
