Empathetic revival of Zinnie Harris’s 2000 play about a lost world and small island longings
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‘The changing tone is very engaging’: FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING – Young Vic Theatre
Malevolent forces shaping small communities is a strong premise for all kinds of drama, from the arrival of outsiders that tend to be the focus of horror to the power shifts of Pinter plays that upset the status quo with new authorities forming that overshadow the existing order. Zinnie Harris’ 2000 play Further Than the Furthest Thing combines these ideas with broader notions of industrialisation and the religious management of a community relatively untroubled by the outside world until one if its returning sons brings change.
NEWS: New plays by Ben Okri & James Graham feature in the Young Vic’s new season
Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah has announced a new season of work, Welcome Back and Welcome Home, welcoming theatre-makers and audiences back through the doors for the first time since the venues’s 50th Birthday celebrations in October 2020.
VIDEO: What inspired British Chinese theatremaker Jennifer Tang to create Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹?
Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹 is a story that’s very personal to director/creator Jennifer Tang. Find out why in their interview below, and discover why the show’s cast is so excited to be part of the play that runs at Camden People’s Theatre until 9 February.
PHOTOS: Look at these new images of drama about identity & growing up British Chinese, Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹
What does it really mean to be British and Chinese in contemporary England? That’s the question posed by Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹, Jennifer Tang’s devised theatre piece which runs at Camden People’s Theatre from 22 January to 9 February.
NEWS: New devised drama Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹 explores growing up British Chinese at Camden People’s Theatre
What does it really mean to be British and Chinese in contemporary England? That’s the question posed by Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹, Jennifer Tang’s devised theatre piece which runs at Camden People’s Theatre from 22 January to 9 February.