The Hostage
26/05/2022 - 28/05/2022 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Guild Theatre, level 1, Union House
UMSU Union House Theatre
Presented by Melbourne University Chinese Theatre Group
Two honest and kind-hearted robbers, three numb and indifferent bank clerks, a watchful Royal FBI, and countless overcautious citizens - meet, encounter, and interact on a Friday afternoon. On such a dog day afternoon, which otherwise seems to be the same as usual, their anxieties and disorientations are exposed, their impulses and desires are enumerated, repression and violence are intertwined, rebellion and sympathy contradict each other ......
Original Script: Xiaozhi Rao
Producers: Xiangyu Chen, Shihan Kou, Wenhao Li
Directors: Rongcheng Wei, Xinyu Song, Xinuan Wang, Yueqiao Min
Casts: Xingbang Dai, Sifan Wu, Nan Su, Chenxi Li, Yi Rong, Yufan Chen
When:
Thurs 26th May, 19:30
Fri 27th May, 19:30
Sat 28th May, 14:00
Sat 28th May, 19:30
Tickets:
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Accessibility Information:
All shows are wheelchair accessible.
We accept companion cards.
This production is delivered fully in Mandarin, English translation will be provided via surtitle projection.
This production was devised, rehearsed, and will be performed on the land of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation.