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The Delusion of Home by Our Theatre

Venue 26: Summerhall Tech Cube Zero / Time: 15.55 (50 mins)

August 1, 2: £5/ August 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26: £12 (£10)

Box office: 0131 560 1581 / Suitable for age 12 and above

The Delusion of Home is a strong, sometimes bitingly witty and original documentary-style depiction of everyday life in the Chiayi area of southern Taiwan, refracted through one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Oyster farming and Taoist funeral rites are as much of a touchstone as King Lear in Our Theatre’s character-driven study of displacement, poverty, homelessness and the search for meaning and renewal. Live performance and projected photographs of the declining villages of Taiwan’s southern coastline are skilfully integrated to illuminate sometimes harsh human truths.

Original Concept: I-Tseng Chuang and Lan-Chuan Yen
Director: Jhao-Cian Wang

Playwright: Cheng-Ping Hsu

Music design / musician: Chun-Yuan Ko

Actors: In-Ta Chen, Pen-Chieh Yu and Cheng-Ping Hsu
 

Established in 2015, Our Theatre  is the first performing arts group for  contemporary theatre to be officially established in the greater Chiayi area. In choosing Chiayi as a base, it intentionally distances itself from metropolitan areas. Focusing on folk culture and common people, the troupe is devoted to developing productions from a southern point of view. Our Theatre has produced approximately twenty works in different styles. It began by adapting Western classics in ways that fit local moods, and usually with a humorous touch. In recent years, however, it has been experimenting with a new generation of Taiwanese-language works in the Minnan dialect. By doing so it strives to set a new direction for the development of art and culture in Chiayi. At the same time, it is constantly aware of the question of how theatre can connect with people and society. http://ourtheatre.net/

‘Rich in experimental flavour and brimming with local colour.’ Taiwan Panorama