Based on scene 10, titled “Interrupted Dream” of the Tang Xianzu play “Peony Pavilion”, the homonymous stage play actually uses the original in order to move in a number of directions, in a rather experimental work that retains its audiovisual artfulness from beginning to end.
“Interrupted Dream” at Inland Dimensions
*The review was written after watching the play twice, a Q&a and an interview with director Danny Yung, as well as extensive talks with a number of the members of the troupe.
The play begins with the actors dressed in black sitting on chairs, while a big screen behind them is showing footage from the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The red line, which dominates the narrative through the drama’s duration actually, makes its first impressive appearance here, eventually through the now widely recognizable squares around the faces of a number of protesters, in an obvious reference to the “Big Brother” concept,...
“Interrupted Dream” at Inland Dimensions
*The review was written after watching the play twice, a Q&a and an interview with director Danny Yung, as well as extensive talks with a number of the members of the troupe.
The play begins with the actors dressed in black sitting on chairs, while a big screen behind them is showing footage from the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The red line, which dominates the narrative through the drama’s duration actually, makes its first impressive appearance here, eventually through the now widely recognizable squares around the faces of a number of protesters, in an obvious reference to the “Big Brother” concept,...
- 9/27/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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