Stills from “Fish”. (Provided by Weiwuying)
[Reporter Chen Wenchan/Kaohsiung Report]The Weiwuying National Arts and Culture Center promotes equality and inclusion in theater culture and will launch Xiao Theater’s production “Fish.” on October 12 and 13. “Cat”, director Zhong Boyuan adapted the works of national treasure novelist Huang Chunming “Fish” and “Drowning an Old Cat”, inviting hearing-impaired and theater actors to perform together, integrating Chinese, Taiwanese, sign language, puppetry and other techniques to present family love and land love.
Since its establishment, Weiwuying has been committed to building cultural equality-friendly venues and launched the “Big Eyes and Big Ears Project”. The venue experience guide uses special assistive devices and professional volunteers to guide the hearing-impaired and visually impaired people to understand the venue, and has successively held joint Integrating participatory activities, such as the “Shudong Electronic Music Dong Zidong” music party, a special screening of Big Ears silent film, and multiple leading workshops, different groups with disabilities share exciting programs, such as Timor’s ancient dance performance “Varhung” ~Who Knows What’s on My Mind?” sign language version, Puccini’s opera “Turandot”, Zhou Shuyi
Wei Wuying said that with the support of the “Accessible Reading Promotion Plan” of the Ministry of Culture, Xiao Theater Artistic Director Zhong Boyuan combined the dialogue with local characteristics in Huang Chunming’s original work with vivid and emotional Chinese, “Yilan accent” Taiwanese, and sign language , puppet shows and other expression techniques, and hearing-impaired actors are invited to perform together, and sign language becomes a part of music and drama itself. In an innovative and integrated form, a warm and simple literary adaptation theater is created to faithfully convey the original novelist Huang Chunming’s love for family and the origin of the land. With one ticket, you can watch two theatrical adaptations of literature by masters at the same time, with a single ticket price of NT$600.
“Fish” stills. (Provided by Weiwuying)
“Fish” describes a pair of grandparents from a poor family. The grandson goes to the mountains to work as a carpenter’s apprentice. He returns home to bring back the hard-earned fish that his grandfather asked him to get from the mountain. On the way, he accidentally falls and crushes it, causing a conflict. The fish symbolizes self-esteem and hope, and it also draws family ties. Reflecting the courage of little people facing setbacks and difficulties, it appeared on the stage of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the UK in 2019 and moved many Western audiences across cultures.
“Cats” stills. (Provided by Weiwuying)
“Cats” describes the modern development of the countryside. The originally fertile hometown is followed by traffic construction, or the village’s lifeline “Qingquanjing” is eradicated and converted into a swimming pool. In order to preserve the water source of the hometown, the elderly sacrifice their lives and make an accusation against the predators. Despite being helpless in the face of fate, he always shows simplicity and resilience. No matter how difficult it is, people still have a good desire for life. There is love in conflicts, laughter in tears, and hope even in struggles.
“Cats” stills. (Provided by Weiwuying)
Akatsuki Theater was founded in 2006. Over the years, it has created works such as “Swallows”, “The Dirty Paradise Trilogy”, and “Scorched Earth”, covering social issues, and adapted works by Maggie Cheung, Huang Chunming, Yukio Mishima, Miyuki Miyabe, etc. The literary adaptation series of literary masters is currently located in Wanhua Tangsi Cultural Park and operates the “Wanzuoxiao Theater”. It enriches the diversified performing arts ecology with the three major aspects of “innovation, inclusion and sustainability” and has held 6 Menga International Games so far. The dance festival has become an important international exchange platform for performing arts initiated by Taiwanese people.
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Source: China