Needles and Opium

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Needles and Opium is an experimental, multimedia stage production by Robert Lepage that intertwines the lives and art of Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau to explore themes of addiction, heartbreak, and creative obsession.

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instanceOf experimental theatre work
stage production
theatrical play
artForm theatre
countryOfOrigin Canada
creator Robert Lepage NERFINISHED
depicts artistic struggle
emotional withdrawal
director Robert Lepage NERFINISHED
focusesOn Jean Cocteau’s trip to New York
Miles Davis’s visit to Paris
genre experimental theatre
multimedia theatre
hasCharacter Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
fictional alter ego of Robert Lepage
hasOriginalTitle Les Aiguilles et l’opium NERFINISHED
hasSetting New York City NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
hasTitleLanguage English
mainSubject Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
narrativeDevice intertwined biographies
notableFor innovative stage design
use of rotating cube set in later productions
originalLanguage French
productionCompany Ex Machina NERFINISHED
theme addiction
artistic creation
creative obsession
drug use
heartbreak
loss
love
usesMedium acrobatic staging
multimedia projection
sound design
video design

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