WHO KILLED THE ELEPHANT
Vee Leong (Hong Kong | Taipei)
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European Premiere
WHO KILLED THE ELEPHANT is an act of rebuilding, a feminist historiography of postcolonial Hong Kong. The piece lets us take a dive into the emotional life of an elephant matriarch as it takes us to a place where the dead are mourned and the will to live is rejuvenated. The text tells the story of a British colonial police officer in Burma who shoots an escaped elephant.
Based on a short story by George Orwell, Vee Leong starts scrutinising the matrix of civilisation, of discipline and the state apparatus for the first time in 2012. She returns to her own work in 2021 to give it a new voice through an all-female cast. Vee Leong now changes perspective and shapes a new planetary order from the viewpoint of nature.
WHO KILLED THE ELEPHANT vigorously, humorously, and lyrically weaves complex emotions and experiences into a polyphonic triptych into which different forms of narration and languages coalesce.
Biography
Vee Leong is a playwright and director. Text-based and intermedia art is at the centre of her work, which she utilizes to explore socially relevant themes from a feminist perspective. As part of her collaboration, she participated in the Hong Kong Arts Festival, at the Taipei Arts Festival as well as at the Manchester International Festival, and elsewhere. She teaches dramaturgy at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and lives in Hong Kong and Taipei.
Cast
Text & Direction Vee Leong Performance Cecilia Chan Tze-sum | Carman Li Ka-man| Vee Leong Scenography IV Chan Lighting Design Bie Lai Sound Design Wong Hin-yan Video Design Remu Iwai Stage Management Leung Hei-wa Deputy Stage Management Lai Kam-shan
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Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation | Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
With thanks to On&On Theatre Workshop | Chan Wing-shuen | Abby Wan
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