The Seven Streams of the River Ota

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The Seven Streams of the River Ota is an ambitious, multi-part theatrical epic by Robert Lepage that interweaves stories from Hiroshima and around the world to explore memory, trauma, and human interconnectedness in the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
theatre epic
theatrical production
countryOfOrigin Canada
creator Robert Lepage NERFINISHED
director Robert Lepage NERFINISHED
exploresTheme aftermath of nuclear bombing
global interconnectedness
grief
personal and collective memory
survival
war and its consequences
firstPerformanceDate 1994
form ensemble theatre
genre drama
epic theatre
hasPart Act 1 NERFINISHED
Act 2 NERFINISHED
Act 3 NERFINISHED
Act 4 NERFINISHED
Act 5 NERFINISHED
Act 6 NERFINISHED
Act 7 NERFINISHED
mainSubject 20th century
Hiroshima NERFINISHED
human interconnectedness
memory
trauma
narrativeStyle interwoven stories
nonlinear
notableRevivalDate 1996
2019
notableVenue Brooklyn Academy of Music NERFINISHED
National Theatre, London NERFINISHED
Théâtre du Trident, Quebec City NERFINISHED
numberOfParts 7
originalLanguage English
French
productionCompany Ex Machina NERFINISHED
runningTime approximately 7 hours
settingLocation Canada NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Hiroshima NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
structure multi-part
timePeriodDepicted World War II NERFINISHED
post-war era
uses multimedia
physical theatre
projection
video

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Robert Lepage notableWork The Seven Streams of the River Ota