22–25 March ASB Theatre Aotea Centre

THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PERFORMED BY YVES JACQUES EX MACHINA CREATIVE TEAM THE SHOW 2hrs no interval

Written & Directed by Production Manager (Touring) In co-production with “Before Galileo turned his telescope the mysterious teachings the universe Robert Lepage Vanessa Landry-Claverie Aarhus Festuge; Auckland Arts Festival; Festspillene i Bergen; Berliner Festspiele, towards its surface, people believed the holds for those brave enough to look up Performed by Tour Manager Berlin; BITE:03, Barbican, London; Bonlieu Yves Jacques Léa Touzé scène nationale, Annecy; Cal Performances, moon was a polished mirror, its dark scars to the stars and ponder. Time and place University of California at Berkeley; Change and mysterious contours reflections of our are secondary to Philippe’s search for Script Consultant Technical Director (Touring) Performing Arts, Milan; Cultural Industry Ltd., Adam Nashman Olivier Bourque London; Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg; own mountains and seas. Much later in meaning in the universe and his place in it. Artistic Collaborator Stage Manager Dublin Theatre Festival; Espace Malraux the 20th century the Soviets launched a & Project Originator Francis Beaulieu Scène Nationale Chambéry-Savoie; Festival de probe to circle the moon. When it returned The competition between the Soviets Peder Bjurman Otono, Madrid; Festival Internacional Santiago and Americans during the Space race, Lighting Manager A Mil; FIDENA, Bochum; Göteborg Dans & images of the hidden face of the moon, Teater Festival; Harbourfront Centre, Toronto; Assistant to the Director Félix Bernier-Guimond the one we can never see from earth, the SETI programme (Search for Extra- Pierre-Philippe Guay La Comète scène nationale de Châlons-en- Sound Manager Champagne; La Coursive, scène nationale La we were shocked to learn that there Terrestrial Intelligence), and memories Original music composed Stanislas Elie Rochelle; Manège Maubeuge – Scène Nationale; from childhood and adolescence act as and recorded by Le Théâtre du Trident, Québec; Le Volcan Maison existed a pounded and scored face of the Laurie Anderson Video Manager de la Culture, Le Havre; Les Cultures du Travail moon, wounded by countless meteors touchstones for this one-man show dealing © 2000 Difficult Music (BMI) Benoit Brunet-Poirier – Forbach 2000, Forbach; Le Maillon – Théâtre with the fundamental question, “Are we de Strasbourg; Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon; and storms of celestial debris. For many Costume & Props Manager Assistant Set Designer Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Bruxelles; Maison years American scientists called this the alone?” Punctuated by Laurie Anderson’s Marie-Claude Pelletier Isabel Poulin des Arts, Créteil; Northern Stage at Newcastle disfigured side of the moon. Perhaps this otherworldly score, The Far Side of the Stagehands Playhouse; Onassis Cultural Center, Athens; Assistant Lighting Designer Perth Festival; Pilar de Yzaguirre – Ysarca, Moon is a show which takes the audience Bernard White Emmanuelle Nappert was because the features that comprise Jean-Félix Labrie Madrid; Schauspielhaus Zurich; Setagaya Public to other worlds on the steady wings of Theater, Tokyo; SFU Woodward’s Cultural the far-side of the moon bear the names of Costume Designer Robert Lepage’s theatrical magic. Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt Set building Programs, Vancouver; Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Soviet cosmonauts, poets, and inventors.” Unissons Structures, Tallinna Linnateater; Tbilisi International Festival Puppet Designers Les Conceptions Visuelles of Theatre; Théâtre de Namur; Teatro Nacional Also performed by Yves Jacques, The Far Pierre Robitaille Jean-Marc Cyr São João, Porto; Théâtre d’Angoulême, Scène So begins the epic story of Philippe, a Sylvie Courbron Nationale; Le Théâtre de la Ville – Paris; Théâtre man coping with the recent loss of his Side of the Moon premiered at Le Théâtre Host’s voice de Sartrouville & des Yvelines; Theatre Royal du Trident in City on February Puppeteer Normand Bissonnette Plymouth; Théâtre Sénart, scène nationale; mother, the estrangement of his only Éric Leblanc Martine Rochon The Henson International Festival of Puppet 29th, 2000, and has since been shown in Theater, New York; The Irvine Barclay Operating sibling, his younger brother André; and Set Consultant Additional music Company; The Lowry, Salford Quays; The Royal over 45 cities all over the world. Carl Fillion ‘Moonlight Sonata’ National Theatre, London; The Sydney Festival; by Ludwig van Beethoven TNT-Théâtre National de Toulouse; Tramway Images produced by Dark Lights, Glasgow; UC Davis Presents, Jacques Collin ‘Naima’ ARTIST’S NOTE by John Coltrane Davis; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Wiener Véronique Couturier Festwochen, Wien ‘I Gaze at the Moon’ Audio Editing by Michael White Associate Producer, Europe, Japan After we probed it, mapped it and visited I had been trying to push back that moment Jean-Sébastien Côté ‘Space Dryer’ Epidemic (Richard Castelli, assisted by Chara by Michael White Production Manager Skiadelli, Florence Berthaud and Claire Dugot) it, our interest in the moon diminished for a long time, but creating this new play left Louise Roussel Soviet space images Associate Producer, The Americas, Asia considerably. Already in the early 1970s, me no choice. The most difficult part for me The Ultimax Group, Inc. Technical Coordinator (except Japan), Australia, New Zealand the last Apollo missions didn’t even was certainly when I realised that my younger Michel Gosselin Menno Plukker Theatre Agent (Menno Plukker, Director’s Agent assisted by Sarah Rogers and Isaïe Richard) make it to television. Still, even though years, which I believed to be a sunny time in Lynda Beaulieu Technical Director the moon has lost a lot of its mystery, it my life, were more often than not set in moon- Dany Beaudoin Photography Produced by David Leclerc (cover) has lost none of its poetic force. like colours – blues and greys. Ex Machina By turning my attention towards certain I hope that my clumsily disguised story can ex machina is funded by the canada council for the arts, with support from moments of the space race, I was touch you and bring you a bit of lunar nostalgia. quebec’s arts and literature council and the city of quebec. platinum patrons this production has been subsidised by the millennium arts fund janet clarke forced to revisit my childhood and an Robert Lepage, Director of the canada council for the arts & john judge important part of my teenage years. BIOGRAPHIES aaf.co.nz

Auckland Arts Festival is a place for ambitious ideas by storytellers, CONTACT provocateurs and creators. +64 (0)9 309 0101 The Festival reflects our contemporary, cosmopolitan city with its many communities. [email protected] It challenges artists and audiences to be bold and take a risk. Through the work of Level 5, Wellesley Centre artists from Aotearoa and across the world, we aim to unify, uplift, enlighten and ROBERT LEPAGE YVES JACQUES LAURIE ANDERSON 44-52 Wellesley Street inspire the people of T¯amaki Makaurau and our many visitors. Auckland City 1010 Versatile in every form of theatre craft, His career led him from his native Laurie Anderson is one of America’s Robert Lepage is equally talented as Quebec City to , then Paris most reknowned – and daring – Taking place annually in March, 2018 marks the 10th Auckland Arts Festival. PO Box 5419 a director, playwright, actor and film where he’s been playing since, on creative pioneers. Known primarily for This year more than 200,000 people are expected to attend the Festival, which Wellesley Street director. His creative and original stage as well as in movies. Working her multimedia presentations, she has comprises more than 50 events taking place in all corners of the Auckland region Auckland 1141, NZ approach to theatre has won him with French Canadian director cast herself in roles as varied as visual international acclaim and shaken the Denis Arcand on five films including artist, composer, poet, photographer, and many of which are free. dogma of classical stage direction Decline of the American Empire, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, to its foundations, especially through and The Barbarian and instrumentalist. his use of new technologies. Among Invasions, along with French his most noticed work for the stage: director with whom ‘O Superman’ launched Anderson’s Dragons’ Trilogy (1985), Needles and he worked on seven films including recording career in 1980, rising FESTIVAL PEOPLE Opium (1991), The Far Side of the Moon La Chambre des Magiciennes, La to no. 2 on the British pop charts (2000), The Andersen Project (2005), petite Lily and Voyez Comme ils and subsequently appearing on Big Lipsynch (2007), his solo performance Dansent, Jacques confirmed his Science, the first of her seven albums Patron Chief Executive Creative Learning & Head of Sound The Governor General, David Inns Community Engagement Sandy Gunn 887 (2015) and his most recent talent, and his renown grew steadily on the Warner Brothers label. Her Excellency Assistant production Quills (2016); his multimedia in France and in Quebec. On stage, The Right Honourable Artistic Director Natasha Lay Head of AV creations The Image Mill (2008) and he has been touring worldwide for Laurie Anderson’s visual work has Dame Patsy Reddy, Jonathan Bielski Simon Baker The Library at Night (2015); and at the almost ten years with two Robert been presented in major museums GNZM, QSO Programme Administrator opera, The Damnation of Faust (1999), Lepage’s plays, The Far Side of the throughout the United States and Business & Helen Winskill Marketing & The Nightingale and Other Short Fables Moon (from 2001) and The Andersen Europe. In 2003, The Musée Art Board of Trustees Finance Director Communications Director (2009), Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen Project (from 2007) in their French Contemporain of Lyon in France John Judge (Chair) Shona Roberts Project Coordinator, Wha¯nui Thierry Pannetier (2010) and L’Amour de loin (2015). and English versions. His work with Noma Sio-Faiumu produced a touring retrospective of Angela Clatworthy Accounts & Payroll Marketing Contractor Lepage made Luc Bondy, the late her work, entitled The Record of the Rick Carlyon Administrators Wha¯nui Project Assistant Sally Woodfield Director of the Odéon Théâtre de Time: Sound in the Work of Laurie Evan Davies Suzanne Watt Amo Ieriko EX MACHINA l’Europe in Paris, to offer him to Anderson. This retrospective included Sarah Judkins Mirena Tomas Content Editor play alongside Isabelle Huppert in installation, audio, instruments, video Tarun Kanji Technical Manager Tim Wong In 1994, when Robert Lepage asked Marivaux’s Les Fausses Confidences and art objects and spans Anderson’s Margaret Kawharu MNZM Executive Assistant Nick Tomlin his collaborators to help find a name (False Acquaintances). career from the 1970s to her most Jim Moser Josie Maskell Campaign Executive for his new company, he had one current works. It continued to tour Ben Taufua Technical Administrator Alistair Kwun Fred Ward Office Manager Catherine Hart condition: the word theatre could not A film inspired by the play was also internationally from 2003 to 2005. Media & PR Manager be part of the name. Ex Machina is thus produced for ARTE with the same Donna Lynskey Founding Friends Artist Liaison & Siobhan Waterhouse a multidisciplinary company bringing director and cast. Other directors As a composer, Anderson has Adrian Burr Head of Programming Logistics Manager Media & PR Assistant together actors, writers, set designers, with whom Jacques has had the contributed music to films by Wim Graeme Edwards Dolina Wehipeihana Megan Andrews Josephine Granese technicians, opera singers, puppeteers, privilege to work include Xavier Wenders and Jonathan Demme; Friedlander Foundation computer graphic designers, video Dolan (Laurence Anyways), dance pieces by Bill T. Jones, Senior Programme Manager Artist Liaison Assistant Dame Jenny Gibbs Marketing Intern artists, contortionists and musicians. Ex Jean-Paul Rappenneau (Belles Trisha Brown, Molissa Fenley; and Tama Waipara Sophie Williams Sir Chris & Lady Dayle Mace Ellie Tapsell Machina’s creative team believes that the Familles), Olivier Dahan (Grace of a score for Robert Lepage’s theatre Programme Manager Production Manager performing arts – dance, opera, music Monaco) and Martin Scorsese (The Official Suppliers production, The Far Side of the Moon. Angela Green Vicki Cooksley Sponsorship Executive – should be mixed with recorded arts Aviator). Jacques was appointed In 2002, she was appointed the first ABE’s Bagels Jessie Congalton – filmmaking, video art and multimedia. Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et artist-in-residence of NASA which Delmaine Fine Foods Programme Assistant Festival Playground That there must be meetings between des Lettres by the French Ministry culminated in her 2004 touring solo Mojo Tanya Muagututi’a Operations Managers Sponsorship Assistant scientists and playwrights, between set of Culture and Communication, in performance “The End of the Moon”. PwC Charlotte Crone Gill Saker painters and architects, and between February 2001, and he is an Officer In 2015 her first feature film, Heart of Russell McVeagh Producer’s Assistant Gareth Baston (Boris) Aroha Rawson Designer artists from Québec and the rest of the of the Order of Canada since 2009 a Dog, inspired by the life and death Barny Bewick world. New artistic forms will surely for his achievements as an actor in of her terrier Lolabelle, and dedicated Head of Staging Creative Learning & Andrew Gibson emerge from these gatherings. Ex theatre, television and film, in Canada to her late husband, Lou Reed, was Community Engagement Ticketing Manager Machina wants to rise to the challenge and abroad. chosen as an official selection of the Manager Head of Lighting Karen Cartwright and become a laboratory, an incubator for Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Tracey Marama Lloydd Andrew Meadows a form of theatre that will reach and touch She lives and works in New York City. Ticketing Assistant audiences from this new millennium. Laura Aldis photography: jocelyn michel (lepage); pierre dury (jacques); noah greenburg (anderson) A STANDING OVATION FOR ALL THE FUNDERS, SPONSORS, PATRONS, AND SUPPORTERS WHOSE AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL THANK YOU GENEROSITY LETS US BRING THE WORK OF GREAT ARTISTS TO THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

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