Theatremaker

Since first attracting international attention with The Dragons' Trilogy (1985) and his solo show Vinci (1986, both with Théâtre Repère), Canadian theatremaker Robert Lepage has become a controversial figure in contemporary theatre, arousing vociferous support and vitriolic criticism in equal measure, hailed as a theatrical magician or condemned as a gadget-obsessed purveyor of empty spectacle.

That may be a difficult concept for a theatremaker to grasp, but all the unpaid bloggers who write reviews for the love of it demonstrate it to be the case.

The method came to prominence in 2003, when the young theatremaker Alecky Blythe's company Recorded Delivery opened a new verbatim piece featuring performers wearing headphones called Come Out Eli at the three-year-old Arcola theatre in Dalston.