news | Monday October 27, 2014

New Arrival! The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage

[image: three copies of The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage]

Today we welcome to the Talon family of titles a new work about Robert Lepage and his incomparable contributions to theatre. Ludovic Fouquet’s The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage, translated for the first time into English by Rhonda Mullins, presents much-needed in-depth analysis of Lepage’s strategies and practices.

For more than three decades, Robert Lepage’s dynamic multimedia performance works have been produced on stages worldwide. Celebrated for his bold, visionary aesthetic, Lepage has received several high-profile commissions in recent years, including two Peter Gabriel world tours, Cirque du Soleil’s in Las Vegas, a dramatic staging of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Lorin Maazel’s 1984 at London’s Royal Opera House. The book’s title refers to the experimentation so integral to Lepage’s creative process and the ways in which he and his creative arts company, Ex Machina, have always been attuned to the synergistic possibilities that emerge when art encounters science and technology.

This rich, generously illustrated, volume and its supplementary materials (chronology, index, etc.) will be of keen interest for theatre practitioners of all kinds, from set designers to directors, from academics to fans. It is truly a beautiful and informative book. Order your copy today for $29.95.