Sunday 11 January 2009. 01:00 PMMonday 12 January 2009. 01:00 PMThursday 15 January 2009. 01:00 PMSaturday 17 January 2009. 01:00 PMSunday 18 January 2009. 01:00 PM
Following the towering achievements of The Andersen Project (2006) and the far side of the moon (2001), Sydney Festival welcomes back theatre visionary Robert Lepage with his much anticipated new ensemble work, a Sydney Festival co-commission. Visually and aurally spectacular, and imbued with a rare emotional wisdom, Lipsynch is theatre for the 21st century and a chance to see a great artist of the stage in full flight.Lipsynch is structured in nine units, each of which concentrates on a figure from the floating gallery of characters who populate a series of overlapping plots,building to an exquisitely moving and unexpected climax. As so often in Lepage’s work, the protagonists find themselves adrift in the world and, as we follow their journeys, we become deeply involved in their search for identity. The production moves from war-torn Vienna to pre-revolutionary Nicaragua and contemporary London, encountering those who have lost the power of speech, are tangled in linguistic confusion or for whom reality and imagination have become indistinguishable. From the primal sounds of a baby’s cry to the sophistication of an operatic aria, their interwoven destinies create a startling and tender montage of humanity.
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MLC Centre, King St Sydney, NSW 2000
