Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress, theatrical writer and director.
She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert Lepage and
later for her own French and English theatrical pieces, which have
been presented in many countries in the Americas, Europe and in
Australia.Marie Brassard performed and co-created with Robert Lepage
between the years 1985 and 2000 in theatre (The Dragons’ Trilogy,
Polygraph, The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Shakespeare
Trilogy: Coriolanus, The Tempest and Macbeth) and in films (
Polygraph, NÃ" ). In 2001, she created her first solo play, Jimmy,
within the framework of the Festival TransAmériques.The success of
the play led Brassard to found her own production company, Infrarouge,
and to begin to work solo. Since then, in collaboration with guest
artists from different disciplines and origins, she has created
surrealist theatre with and innovative video, light and sound
installations, including The Darkness (2003), Peepshow (2005), The
Glass Eye (2007), The Invisible (2008), Me Talking to Myself in the
Future (2010), The Fury of my Thoughts (Nelly Arcan), Trieste (2013),
Peepshow (version 2016), La vie utile (Évelyne de la Chenelière) and
Introduction to Violence (2019).Brassard's plays have been performed
in numerous countries in the Americas, Australia and Europe, among
other places at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris, The Studio at
the Sydney Opera in Australia, the Barbican Centre in London UK, the
Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Sophiensaele in Berlin, the Halle
G im Museums Quartier and Brut im Künstlerhaus in Vienna, the
Kulturhuset in Stockholm, The Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne
and the Teatro Espanol in Madrid.
She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert Lepage and
later for her own French and English theatrical pieces, which have
been presented in many countries in the Americas, Europe and in
Australia.Marie Brassard performed and co-created with Robert Lepage
between the years 1985 and 2000 in theatre (The Dragons’ Trilogy,
Polygraph, The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Shakespeare
Trilogy: Coriolanus, The Tempest and Macbeth) and in films (
Polygraph, NÃ" ). In 2001, she created her first solo play, Jimmy,
within the framework of the Festival TransAmériques.The success of
the play led Brassard to found her own production company, Infrarouge,
and to begin to work solo. Since then, in collaboration with guest
artists from different disciplines and origins, she has created
surrealist theatre with and innovative video, light and sound
installations, including The Darkness (2003), Peepshow (2005), The
Glass Eye (2007), The Invisible (2008), Me Talking to Myself in the
Future (2010), The Fury of my Thoughts (Nelly Arcan), Trieste (2013),
Peepshow (version 2016), La vie utile (Évelyne de la Chenelière) and
Introduction to Violence (2019).Brassard's plays have been performed
in numerous countries in the Americas, Australia and Europe, among
other places at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris, The Studio at
the Sydney Opera in Australia, the Barbican Centre in London UK, the
Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Sophiensaele in Berlin, the Halle
G im Museums Quartier and Brut im Künstlerhaus in Vienna, the
Kulturhuset in Stockholm, The Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre in Melbourne
and the Teatro Espanol in Madrid.
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