Room 2048

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    2017

    This multi-media dance theatre piece explores the socio-political realities of the Cantonese diaspora, sourcing themes of loss, nostalgia and desire that re-occur with selected works of Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.

     

    Room 2048 will be premiered from April 11th - 15th, 2017 at the Firehall Arts Centre, with touring to Montreal and Kitchener, September - October 2017.

     

    Project lead: Natalie Tin Yin Gan

    Created by: Hong Kong Exile (Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim, Remy Siu), Michelle Lui, and Alex Tam

    Mentor: Lee Su-Feh

     

    Room 2048 has been made possible due to generous space residencies provided by the Gateway Theatre, The Cultch, and Firehall Arts Centre, along with funding from Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council.

     

    Presentations of Room 2048 (previously titled nine doesn't follow eight):

    Gateway Pacific Theatre Festival                                         Richmond                   September 11 - 12, 2015

    PushOFF (Theatre Replacement/Collective 605)                Vancouver                  February 5, 2016

    Dance Allsorts (New Works)                                                Vancouver                  November 13, 2016

     

    Photo: Remi Theriault

Reviews:

 

"Room 2048 is an audacious, innovatively lit trip"

-THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

 

"multimedia of impeccable class"

-PLANK MAGAZINE

 

"Hong Kong ‘dream machine’ explores a culture’s tension, uncertain future"

-VANCOUVER SUN

 

"The Cathartic Future"

-THE DANCE CURRENT