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See it if You know who Robert Lepage is and enjoy his avant-garde works. He uses his skills to tell the story of his childhood in Quebec.

Don't see it if You do not like solo performances. This is not in the form of a dramatic play with many characters. You dislike a few foreign words.

Also The staging of this play is incredible. Mr. Lepage has created his childhood home in an apartment building in Quebec.
He address begins with 887. He has also managed to talk to the people inside the apartment building using different techniques such as lighting, shadows, and shapes. There is a turntable and vehicles, and you have to use your imagination. It is amazing.
Sometimes he speaks in French.
He designs for Cirque du Soleil.... Read more Read less

See it if Lepage, the accomplished and sometimes controversial director, explores how memory works. Focuses on his childhood and Quebec separatism

Don't see it if Lucky to sit in the front and able to see every nook and cranny of the amazing set. Seven stagehands to operate. Lepage gives it his all

Also Much shorter but not as effective as Lepage's 8 and 3/4 hour Lipsynch -- about the human voice and illusion in staging theater... Read more Read less

See it if You want to learn about late 20th Century French Canadian social issues.

Don't see it if Like me, you don't like one person shows that cannot transcend the inherent limitations of the form.

See it if You want to enjoy a masterful solo performance that, with a very clever staging, recreates the author's childhood memories.

Don't see it if You don't like minimalistic solo performances. This show is basically a " memoir " that might look slow at times. It is partially in French

See it if you want a clever, wonderful, thought-provoking piece with humor. it's one of a kind.

Don't see it if No reason not to see it.

See it if you like a tale well told, with bits of humor, lots of charm and a clever set constantly morphing.

Don't see it if you don't like one-man shows, no matter how good

See it if You appreciate great storytelling, human and personal stories in greater context, inventive staging, and/or interested in Canadian history

Don't see it if You don't like one person theater- though it's much more than that

See it if You want to see an enfant terrible grown up but still playing with toys, only now it's a huge box of tricks engineered by his Ex Machina Co.

Don't see it if You don't like one-person shows, or toys or don't think Canadians can be egotistical, political and charming!

See it if you want to see the work of a genius. Lepage is a master of stage-craft and story telling. Very moving and beautiful.

Don't see it if If you prefer traditional plays with a linear plot you might hate this. If you are not patient.

See it if you want to see something you've never seen before. The stagecraft is magic.

Don't see it if you have poor vision and are in the back row. Some of what's on view is very small!

Also I knew the stagecraft would be superb; I'm a Lapage fan. I wasn't sure how good the writing would be-- but that proved equally phenomenal, as did Lapage's performance. I'm recommending this to everyone I know -- especially visual artists, architects and poets. I had purchased last row seats, but was lucky enough to get moved up into the orchestra. That was critical to enjoying the show. The closer the better.... Read more Read less

See it if you want to immerse yourself in a black box of magic, become enchanted by Robert Lepage's magnificent sort of sleight of hand.

Don't see it if you want a straight, "normal" plot, you get bored by magical sets and transitions, you are deeply bothered by reading occasional subtitles.

Also Beautiful, enchanting, and absorbing. Lepage drenches the audience in his specific type of magic, creating a space between worlds of sorts, where apartment boxes can transform inexplicably into innumerable and impossible other things and sets. Lepage not only delves into his own history, providing witty and absorbing anecdotes, but intertwines the larger history of Quebec, dipping into his French roots. Stunning and masterful, Lepage is constantly transforming the audience's perspective in completely unexpected ways.... Read more Read less

See it if You want to see some seriously awesome stagecraft and technology in use, combined with a profound life story.

Don't see it if You don't like one-man shows.

See it if you want to see an absolutely fascinating play about childhood that is deeply entrenched in memory and French-Canadian history.

Don't see it if if you don't like one-man shows or shows that break the traditional theatre told.

Also An absolutely absorbing piece opening up enormous questions about the nature of memory exquisite staged, but with even more to offer with regard to brilliant subtext of the current divide in America vis-à-vis the Quebec separatists.... Read more Read less

See it if You're interested in non-traditional theater w/ an incredible set, brilliantly-told personal history, & want to be consider your own memory.

Don't see it if You want a big dance number.

See it if Enjoy creative theater, want to see a calm and thoughtful production, like Robert Lepage, history of Quebec resonates with you.

Don't see it if Do not enjoy steady-paced shows, do not enjoy one person or autobiographical shows.

See it if fantastic use of low-tech wizardry and solid storytelling intrigues you.

Don't see it if a methodical memory play doesn't appeal to you.

Also Sluggish in moments, mesmerizing in others, overall a captivating evening of theater. The whole is better than the sum of its parts. And such effective and creative use of the technical components to help tell the story.... Read more Read less

See it if your interested in good acting and historic information

Don't see it if if you get restless easily

See it if you want to be dazzled by technical wizardry, but not at the cost of an emotional story.

Don't see it if you need a focused, linear plot to keep your attention - the play jumps around in time and space, in my opinion, though, this works great.