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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The Seven Streams of the River Ota canonical 2

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instanceOf play ⓘ
theatre epic ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
creator Robert Lepage ⓘ
director Robert Lepage ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Act 2 ⓘ
Act 3 ⓘ
Act 4 ⓘ
Act 5 ⓘ
Act 6 ⓘ
Act 7 ⓘ
mainSubject 20th century ⓘ
Hiroshima ⓘ
human interconnectedness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
narrativeStyle interwoven stories ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ
notableRevivalDate 1996 ⓘ
2019 ⓘ
notableVenue Brooklyn Academy of Music ⓘ
National Theatre, London ⓘ
Théâtre du Trident, Quebec City ⓘ
numberOfParts 7 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
productionCompany Ex Machina ⓘ
runningTime approximately 7 hours ⓘ
settingLocation Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hiroshima ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
structure multi-part ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted World War II ⓘ
post-war era ⓘ
uses multimedia ⓘ
physical theatre ⓘ
projection ⓘ
video ⓘ

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Robert Lepage → notableWork → The Seven Streams of the River Ota ⓘ
Ex Machina → hasNotableWork → The Seven Streams of the River Ota ⓘ