Christian Lapointe

Christian Lapointe (born 1978) is a Québécois theatre director.

Biography

Theatre director, author, actor and musician, Christian Lapointe is the artistic director of the Théâtre Péril and cofounder of the Canadian theatrical collective CINAPS. He studied theatre at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec and the National Theatre School of Canada.^[1] Since 2000, he has mostly worked on symbolist plays and In-yer-face theatre.

Lapointe is also the author of a cycle of plays grouped together under the name Théâtre de la Disparition. He has put on his own plays, including CHS (short for "combustion humaine spontanée") and Anky ou la fuite / Opéra du désordre, with the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal, the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec and in the official selection of the Festival d'Avignon.

His work is known in Canada, Australia, Vietnam and France.

In 2010, the Canada concil for the arts awarded him with the John Hirsch price.

Productions

• 2001 : Le chien de Culann (d'après - Au puits de l'épervier / L'unique rivale d'Emer / La mort de Cuchulainn) - by William Butler Yeats
• 2002 : Hoi Sinh / Dichotomie – création
• 2003 : Le seuil du palais du roi – by William Butler Yeats
• 2004 : Faisceau d’épingle de verre - by Claude Gauvreau
• 2006 : Axël – de Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
• 2006 : Shopping and F***ing – by Mark Ravenhill
• 2007 : C.H.S. – by Christian Lapointe
• 2007 : Le vol des anges – according to the text by Luis Thénon
• 2008 : Anky ou la fuite / Opéra du désordre – by Christian Lapointe
• 2008 : Vu d’ici - by Mathieu Arsenault
• 2009 : Nature morte dans un fossé - by Fausto Paravidino
• 2009 : Limbes (d'après - Calvaire / Résurrection / Purgatoire) - by William Butler Yeats
• 2010 : Trans(e) – by Christian Lapointe

References

1. ^ "Christian Lapointe - À voix haute". Communications Voir. 2008-08-28. http://www.voir.ca/publishing/article.aspx?zone=1&section=8&article=60438. Retrieved 2010-07-28. 

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/theatre/200904/02/01-842998-christian-lapointe-donnera-chs-au-festival-davignon.php

External links

• Christan Lapointe - À voix haute (French)
• Christian Lapointe's page at CEAD (French)
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