887 is a journey into the realm of memory. The idea for this project originated from the childhood memories of Robert Lepage; years later, he plunges into the depths of his memory and questions the relevance of certain recollections. Why do we remember the phone number from our youth yet forget our current one?

Mar 17, 2017 · Robert Lepage reconstructs his childhood home in 1960s Quebec City in “887.” Stephanie Berger. A shabby apartment building becomes a cabinet of wonders in Ex Machina’s glittering “887” at the BAM...

Oct 27, 2017 · Lyrical and pensive, and at times playful or melancholic, 887 is an existential scenic journey that seems to draw on the famous line by French philosopher Roland Barthes: ‘The only country we truly know is our childhood’.

Oct 22, 2016 · Robert Lepage’s autobiographical show at the Melbourne Festival, 887, is named for his childhood apartment building: 887 Avenue Murray in Quebec City. Lepage wrote, designed, directed and performed 887, but to call it a one-man show does not give enough credit to the equal performance of the set.

Oct 20, 2016 · Robert Lepage’s autobiographical show at the Melbourne Festival, 887, is named for his childhood apartment building: 887 Avenue Murray in Quebec City. Lepage wrote, designed, directed and...

Jan 1, 2022 · D'un acteur qui peine à apprendre par cœur le célèbre poème Speak White de Michèle Lalonde, Robert Lepage tire le prétexte à une remontée dans la mémoire : la sienne, du temps de son enfance passée au 887 de l'avenue Murray à Québec, et celle du Québec à l'époque de la crise d'Octobre et de la Nuit de la poésie.

Jun 2, 2017 · Canadian art star Robert LePage’s justly hyped show about memory and his childhood might be a solo one, but he rarely feels alone on stage.

Jul 14, 2015 · In the autobiographical solo 887 (the house number of his family home) theatrical magician Robert Lepage examines how our memory functions. With his cinematic, immersive theatre-making style,...

This work is specifically a monologue that focuses on the personal history of Robert Lepage, which deals with the time of his childhood-adolescence and his subsequent admission to the Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Quebec at the age of 17. 887 is the number of Murray Avenue in the Montcalm neighborhood of Quebec City, Canada, where Lepage ...

Aug 18, 2015 · Robert Lepage’s relationship with his father is at the heart of 887 – which extends to the broader notion of the patriarch, and with the land of the fathers. In a breathless two-and-a-half-hour marathon that merges verbal, physical and visual storytelling with a kind of mock-lecture mode, we are given a crash-course in the history of ...