EX MACHINA
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
In 1994, when Robert Lepage asked his
collaborators to help find a name for his new
company, he had one condition: the word theatre
could not be part of the name.
Ex Machina is thus a multidisciplinary company
bringing together actors, writers, set designers,
technicians, opera singers, puppeteers,
computer graphic designers, video artists,
contortionists and musicians.
Ex Machina’s creative team believes that the
performing arts—dance, opera, music—should
be mixed with recorded arts—filmmaking,
video art and multimedia. That there must be
meetings between scientists and playwrights,
between set painters and architects, and
between artists from Québec and the rest of the
world.
New artistic forms will surely emerge from
these gatherings. Ex Machina wants to rise
to the challenge and become a laboratory, an
incubator for a form of theatre that will reach
and touch audiences from this new millennium.
Provoking and inspiring, Melbourne Festival
seeks to connect art forms, people and ideas.
At the heart of Melbourne’s culture of creativity,
we curate unique experiences that bring people
together and break new ground in culture and
the arts.
Melbourne Festival is one of Australia’s
leading international arts festivals and has an
outstanding reputation for presenting unique
international and Australian events in the fields
of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia,
free and outdoor events.
Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway
Executive Director Kath M Mainland CBE
06—23 OCTOBER 2016
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Ex Machina is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts,
Quebec’s Arts and Literature Council and the City of Quebec.
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