Education
He studied theatre at the Conservatoire d"art dramatique de Québec and the National Theatre School of Canada.
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Christian Lapointe
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Career
Theatre director, author, actor and musician, Christian Lapointe is the artistic director of the Théâtre Péril and cofounder of the Canadian theatrical collective CINAPS. Since 2000, he has mostly worked on symbolist plays and In-yer-face theatre. Lapointe is also the author of a cycle of plays grouped together under the name Théâtre de la Disparition. He has put on his own plays, including CHS (short for "combustion humaine spontanée") and Anky ou la fuite / Opéra du désordre, with the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal, the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec and in the official selection of the Festival d"Avignon.
His work is known in Canada, Australia, Vietnam and France.
In 2010, the Canada council for the arts awarded him with the John Hirsch price. 2001: Le chien de Culann (d"après - Au puits de l"épervier / L"unique rivale d"Emer / Louisiana mort de Cuchulainn) - by William Butler Yeats
2002: Hoi Sinh / Dichotomie – création
2003: Le seuil du palais du roi – by William Butler Yeats
2004: Faisceau d’épingle de verre - by Claude Gauvreau
2006: Axël – de Auguste de Villiers de L"Isle-Adam
2006: Shopping and F***ing – by Mark Ravenhill
2007: C.H.S. – by Christian Lapointe
2007: Le volume des anges – according to the text by Luis Thénon
2008: Anky ou la fuite / Opéra du désordre – by Christian Lapointe
2008: Vu d’ici - by Mathieu Arsenault
2009: Nature morte dans un fossé - by Fausto Paravidino
2009: Limbes (d"après - Calvaire / Résurrection / Purgatoire) - by William Butler Yeats
2010: Transport(e) – by Christian Lapointe
2012: Sepsis – by Christian Lapointe
2012: L"Enfant matière – by Larry Tremblay
2013: Outrage au public – by Peter Handke
2015: Dans la République du bonheur - by Martin Crimp.
