Robert Lepage, seen here in 2007, has worked on plays, operas and musical theatre as well as directed several films. (Canadian Press)

Quebec actor and director Robert Lepage is said to be working on a new touring show for Cirque du Soleil, set to launch in 2010.

The collaboration would mark the second time Lepage has teamed up with the Montreal-based circus troupe, according to a report in the La Presse newspaper.

Neither Lepage nor Cirque du Soleil would verify the report.

"We have not yet announced our projects for 2010," said Cirque spokeswoman Chantal Côté.

"When the project will be confirmed, we will announce."

Lepage created the $220-million production Ka for the circus company, which opened in 2004. It's still playing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The 50-year-old director is considered a theatrical wunderkind, having staged everything from dramas to opera and musical theatre.

In the mid-1990s, Lepage founded a multidisciplinary production company called Ex Machina and worked on the operas Erwartung and Bluebeard's Castle for the Canadian Opera Company.

His films include Le Confessional, Le Polygraphe and Possible Worlds, while his theatre productions include The Seven Streams of the River Ota, The Dragons' Trilogy and The Far Side of the Moon.

His most recent project is the Berlioz opera The Damnation of Faust, which premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on Nov. 7.

This summer, he staged a projection to celebrate the 400th anniversary of his hometown, Québec City,

The Image Mill was described as the biggest outdoor architectural projection ever made.

During a 40-minute presentation, a series of tableaux celebrates four centuries of the city's development and its residents.