A local artist is one of the co-creators of a new show playing at the Cultch.
No Foreigners, presented by Hong Kong Exile and fu-GEN Theatre in association with Theatre Conspiracy, is onstage Feb. 7 through 17.
One of the originators of the show is Remy Siu, who’s from New Westminster. Siu is a composer and designer who’s part of Hong Kong Exile, an interdisciplinary arts company that’s been creating new work and touring since 2011.
This newest outing uses live performance and a micro-to-macro camera apparatus to consider Chinese shopping malls as “racialized spaces of cultural creation and clash,” as a press release says.
“Several original stories manifest in a mall and quickly diverge – catapulting across cities, between Cantonese and English, in and out of the afterlife, and through past, present and future,” the release says. “No Foreigners weaves together text, miniatures and media design as it attempts to unpack what is at the heart of ‘Chineseness’ and what the future can hold for all of us as visitors and settlers.”
It was co-created by Siu, Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim and David Yee.
The show is performed by April Leung and Derek Chan.
It’s onstage at the Vancity Culture Lab at the Cultch, 1895 Venables St., from Feb. 7 to 17. Feb. 7 is a preview show at 8 p.m., and Feb. 8 is opening night. Shows are on Feb. 9, 10 and 13 through 17 at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 10, 11 and 17.
All tickets are $27. See tickets.thecultch.com or call 604-251-1363.
See www.hongkongexile.com for more information about the company.
