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Magical Chairs
by Mary Mazzilli
There’s Only One Wayne Lee
by Roy Williams
Directed by Jonathan Man
Performed in Beijing at the Beijing Fringe International Festival
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17th -18th September 2011
At Beijing people’s Art and Experimental Theatre
北京市人艺实验剧场
After performing
AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE IN AUGUST 2011
CELEBRATING YOUTH and BRITISH-CHINESE CONNECTIONS
Representing the UK at the Beijing International Fringe Festival, this will be the first ever British production to be presented at this pioneering festiva
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and
by China-UK Connections Through Cultures, British Council.
“Mary Mazzilli's Magical Chairs is an intriguing fantasy….(on There’s only one Wayne Lee) There is a touching hopelessness about Ross's Carl while Chan's Wayne bursts with growing confidence…energetic production”
British Theatre
“Alexandre Ross and Chris Chan are truly exceptional in both productions.” UkTheatre Net
PHOTOGRAPHY Elaine Wong
Producer: David Ahlbrecht
Cast: Chris Chan & Alexandre Ross
Technical Director/Sound designer: Simon McCabe
Composer: Ruth Chan
Set and Costume Designer: Sunny Jeon
Magical Chairs is an allegorical absurdist short play that will entertain and challenge. Two young lads grappling with growing up and societal attitudes to youth become two Magicians trapped in a room filled with chairs. By playing with storytelling the audience is brought to look at universal truths, the consequences of our preconceptions on our youth of today.
There’s Only One Wayne Lee is a unique coming of age tale, where Wayne, a bookish British Chinese teen unexpectedly befriends Carl, the British African Caribbean school football captain. Set in 1970s Britain, where intolerance was brazen and rife, this is an engaging yet previously unseen fresh cross cultural exploration of what it means to try to fit in and thrive in contemporary Britain.
