887 by Robert Lepage

About this event

A journey into the realm of memory. Lepage plunges into the depths of memory and questions the relevance of certain recollections. Why do we remember the phone number from our youth, yet forget our current one? How does a childhood song withstand the test of time, while the name of a loved one escapes us? Why does meaningless information stay with us, while other, more useful information falls away? The show considers various commemorative markers and the historical heritage around us that we no longer notice. The play also focuses on oblivion, the unconscious and memory that fades over time, whose limits are now compensated for by digital storage, mountains of data and virtual memory. Somewhere between theatre performance and conference, Lepage reveals the suffering of an actor who must remember not only his text, but also his past, as well as the historical and social realities that have shaped his identity.