1—10 Sep
Slow Boat 緩舟
Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse and Playlab Theatre present
From wartime China to the Bulimba Dockyards, brotherhood and resilience is tested.
World Premiere
To celebrate victory in the Pacific at the end of World War II, six Chinese workers stage a theatre show at Brisbane’s Bulimba Dockyards. However, differing perspectives of critical events in their story threaten to derail this display of unity and become the one thing that could tear them apart.
The men weave an epic tale of brotherhood and resilience, charting their journey from poverty and war in rural China, through hard work on Nauru island, then a hasty escape from the Japanese to Australia, and all the challenges they overcome on the way.
Blending vaudeville, musical theatre, Cantonese Opera and martial arts, Slow Boat is a play within a play, inspired by the unexpected arrival in Australia of playwright Anna Yen’s father, along with 580 other Chinese men, during WWII.
By Anna Yen
无论是在战火连天的中国，还是布林巴忙碌不断的港口，兄弟情谊和坚韧的精神都会受到时代考验。
六位契约华裔工人为了庆祝太平洋战争的胜利，将会在布里斯班的布林巴港口举行一场戏剧表演。
然而，兄弟们在回顾关键事情上产生意见分歧，这不但危及他们的团结精神 ，更可能导致感情破裂而扬长而去。
《缓舟》是一出剧中剧，揉合了杂耍、音乐剧、粤剧和武术。故事启发于编剧甄锦意的父亲及其580名华裔男子于二战时意外抵达澳洲的经历。
编剧: 甄锦意
Playwright Anna Yen
Director/Dramaturg Ian Lawson
Ensemble Director Therese Collie
Musical Director & Composer Nicholas Ng
Movement Director Anna Yen
Designer Josh McIntosh
Lighting Designer David Walters
Costume Designer Frances Foo
Backdrop Artist Echo Wu
Swing Choreographer Neridah Waters
Musicians Yuren (Cara) Chen, Anna Kho, Zi Wei Wang
Cast Julian Wong, Silvan Rus, Jonathan Chan, Ming Yang Lim, Egan Sun-Bin, Nicholas Ng
Cantonese Opera Consultant Amelia Wong
Stage Manager Nicola Jones
Assistant Stage Manager Tiff Lane & Mei Yu See
A Playlab Theatre production in partnership with Brisbane Festival. Playlab Theatre is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Slow Boat is also supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.
This project is supported through the Giving Program by Philip Bacon AO
Image by Justine Walpole & Seán Dowling.
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Price
$39 - $45 + Booking fee. Schools $29 + Booking fee (1 teacher free per 10 students)
Times
Matinee:
Wed 7 Sep, 11am
Evenings:
Tue-Fri: 7:30pm
Sat 3-Sun 4 Sep: 6pm
Sat 10 Sep: 7:30pm
Auslan interpreted performance: Thursday 8th September
Duration
2hrs 20mins including interval
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