Today, collective member, Gein Wong along with her co-performer, Jane Luk, talked about their upcoming production “Hiding Words (For You).” This multi-disciplinery workshop is presented by Eventual Ashes. Later, Gein rocked the air waves with some amazing spoken word and Jane talked at length about her struggles as a woman of colour attempting to break into the local acting sceene.
Hiding Words (for you) delves into nushu, a secret language that Chinese women created when they were not allowed to read or write. Set in China on the eve of its biggest 19th Century rebellion, as well as a present-day Canada, where national security has reached an increasingly heightened state, this play examines the relationship between two women who are connected to each other through space and time, following their pursuits to influence social change.
Hiding Words (for you) seamlessly blends together theatre, poetry, spoken word, hip hop, western and chinese classical music, modern dance, classical chinese dance, performance art, and the visual arts.
Featuring: Cara Gee, Elena Juatco, Richard Lee, Jane Luk and Brigitte Tsang
Directed by Marion de Vries
Dramaturgy by Jean Yoon
Music Composition, Sound and Motion Sensing Design by Gein Wong
Choreography by Brigitte Tsang
Video and Set Design by Aries Cheung
Stage Management by Jenna Millar
Production Management and Lighting Design by Shawn Henry
Saturday January 23rd, 8pm
Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St
PWYC, tickets will be available at the door.
To read more on Nu Shu, visit:
http://n.wikipedia.com/wiki/
To read more about Gein,
Finally, we talked about the influence of women activists in the Civli Rights Movement, on the occasion of MLK JR’s upcoming birthday.
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