Robert Lepage's controversial Kanata opens in Paris as a rehearsal

PARIS — I was warming my hands by a wood stove in the waiting room when a member of the Théâtre du Soleil collective popped by to say the première of Robert Lepage’s Kanata had just been declared a rehearsal. Ticket holders were invited to get their money back and watch the Saturday afternoon performance for free.
Four years in the making, workshops in New York, Vancouver, Quebec City, and still not ready? Some things never change, including Lepage’s down-to