Needles and Opium (2013)
Produced by
Presented by
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and Le Théâtre du Trident and Canadian Stage
Playwright: Robert Lepage
Director: Robert Lepage
The show contains excerpts from Jean Cocteau’s A Letter to Americans and Opium, the Diary of a Cure.
Venue
Run
November 22nd, 2013 – December 1st, 2013
Awards & Nominations
2014 Dora Award Nominee – Outstanding Touring Production
2014 Toronto Theatre Critics Award Winner – Best Canadian Play
Synopsis
Presented as a hypnotic series of vignettes, this fascinating, introspective show explores the complex relationships between displacement, drug addiction and the creative drive, as revealed through the lives of Parisian poet/filmmaker Jean Cocteau on his way to New York, and American jazz legend Miles Davis during his stay in Paris in 1949. The most startling technical wizardry at the service of a true emotional journey. (canadianstage.com)
Cast
| Marc Labrèche | Performer |
| Wellesley Robertson III | Performer |
Creative Team
| Robert Lepage | Playwright |
| Robert Lepage | Director |
| Normand Bissonnette | Assistant Director |
| Carl Fillion | Set Designer |
| Claudia Gendreau | Prop Designer |
| Jean-Sébastien Côté | Sound Designer |
| Jean-Sébastien Côté | Composer |
| Bruno Matte | Lighting Designer |
| François St-Aubin | Costume Designer |
| Lionel Arnould | Image Designer |
Music
| Craig L. Pedersen | Trumpet |
Production
| Lynda Beaulieu | Director's Agent |
| Julie Marie Bourgeois | Production Manager |
| Vanessa Landry-Claverie | Production Coordinator |
| Michel Gosselin | Technical Director |
| Charlotte Ménard | Tour Manager |
| Adèle Saint-Amand | Stage Manager |
| Marcin Bunar | Sound Manager |
| Thomas Payette | Video Manager |
| Bruno Matte | Lighting Manager |
| David Desrochers | Lighting Manager |
| Marilou Nadeau | Costumes Manager |
| Marilou Nadeau | Props Manager |
| Pierre Gagné | Head Stagehand |
| Sylvain Béland | Stagehand |
| Julien Leclerc | Rigger |
| Tobie Horswill | Automation Consultant |
| Catherine Guay | Video Consultant |
| Jean Bégin | Make-up |
| Carl Bezanson | Costumes |
| Julie Sauriol | Costumes |
| Geneviève Bérubé | Acrobatics Consultant |
| Yves Gagnon | Acrobatics Consultant |
| Jean-Sébastien Fortin | Acrobatics Consultant |
| Jean-François Faber | Acrobatics Consultant |
Staff
| R. Allan Ross | Director of Production |
| Peter Eaton | Technical Director |
| Jasmine Knox | Production Coordinator |
| Alanna McConnell | Production Assistant |
| Mary Spyrakis | Head of Properties |
| Vanessa Janiszewski | Props Builder |
| Mary-Jo Carter Dodd | Head of Wardrobe |
| Tracey Glas | First Hand |
| Susan Batchelor | Bluma Wardrobe Mistress |
| Danny Tran | Props Intern |
| Ashley Rose | Head Electrician |
| Reg Taylor | Head Carpenter |
| Douglas Parker | Property Master |
| Keijo Makela | Sound Operator |
| Kevin Lake | Flyman |
| Kevin Lake | Theatre Technician |
| Susan Batchelor | Head of Wardrobe |
