Chocolate

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by ace

Chocolate

Java Dance Theatre

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

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Java Dance Theatre

Chocolate

BY JAVA DANCE THEATRE

It’s time to taste. We bring you inside a rich dark chocolatey story. Dance. Theatre. Lush live music. Cacao pods burst, melted chocolate flows and cravings surge. Immerse yourself in cacao, conflicting desires, the anticipation of tasting and full-bodied wild sensory dance. Brought to you by FeastFest and the creators of Back of the Bus. ‘Java Dance Theatre is in demand – it’s quite possibly the hottest thing to hit New Zealand audiences’ (TheatreView.org.nz). A brand-new work from Java’s delicious Artisan Series. DarkChat Award winner for Best Dance Edinburgh 2016. For people who want more.

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Venue:

Venue 20
Assembly Rooms

Date & Time Slot:

1 – 6, 8 – 11, 13 – 18, 20 – 24 August

2.30 PM

Running Time:

60 mins

Recommended Age:

12+

★★★★

“Java Dance Theatre is in demand – it’s quite possibly the hottest thing to hit New Zealand audiences.”

“Sacha Copland has a talent with the use of metaphor to invoke sensation and memory. Her choreography is lighthearted with depth. Simplicity layered with meaning.”

Theatreview

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Citizens of Nowhere?

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by ace

Citizens of Nowhere?

Chinese Arts Now

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Writer: Ming Ho
Director: David Jiang

Citizens Of Nowhere?

BY CHINESE ARTS NOW

A funny, moving real-time live audio drama by award-winning writer, Ming Ho, originally directed by David Jiang.

British-Chinese matriarch Linda Lo shares news with her son Jun Chi and daughter, Jane; but Jane has big news too, while Jun Chi is mystified by Linda’s refusal to discuss plans for his upcoming wedding.

This intimate performance by actors seated among the audience is experienced through headphones, as if eavesdropping, and includes light refreshments. The production premièred at Southbank Centre in October 2018 and had a sold-out run at Duddell’s London during CAN Festival 2019. With thanks to Beijing 707N Theatre.

Note: Tickets include a free drink (beer/wine/soft drink). You can order other refreshments and snacks on top of this to enjoy during the performance.

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Venue:

Venue 188 – Sweet Novotel

Date & Time Slot:

16 – 18, 20 – 25 August
2 PM / 4 PM

Running Time:

45 minutes

Recommended Age:

16+

★★★★

‘Even as the hustle and bustle of the Southbank Centre continues around us, there’s a curious sense of intimacy that comes from being the only ones to be able to hear these voices.’

There Ought To Be Clowns

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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by ace

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

Imagination Workshop

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

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Imagination Workshop

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

BY IMAGINATION WORKSHOP

Officially the world’s longest-running and most sought-after tribute to the BBC’s iconic sitcom – it’s back! Basil’s still rude, Manuel’s still confused, and Sybil’s still cracking the whip… but because the show’s highly interactive and 70% improvised, it’s never the same twice! Be served non-stop laughs and a three-course meal in this internationally acclaimed hit.

Presented by our friend Imagination Workshop

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Venue:

Venue 119
Imagination Workshop – The Principal

Date & Time Slot:

1-2, 4-26August
2.00 PM / 7.30 PM

Running Time:

120 minutes

Recommended Age:

★★★★

Glorious entertainment of the highest calibre

– Fife Today

Brilliantly talented cast

– Sun

Hilarious

– The Holiday and Travel Magazine, Sydney Opera House

Catch it before it leaves

– Best of Toronto, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts

Only Fools the Cushty Dining Experience

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by ace

Only Fools the Cushty Dining Experience

Imagination Workshop

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Imagination Workshop

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Only Fools The Cushty Dining Experience

BY IMAGINATION WORKSHOP

Fringe debut for new immersive comedy by the makers of Faulty Towers the Dining Experience. Join the pride of Peckham in a fun-filled knees-up as the Trotters try to drum up some cash in a night of wheeling, dealing and plenty of laughs. Deals are brokered, schemes are hatched and quizzes quizzed in a downright t’riffic event with some cushty pub grub. With one-off improvisation, an original script and side-splitting humour. You’d be a plonker to miss it!

Presented by our friend Imagination Workshop

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Venue:

Venue 119
Imagination Workshop – The Principal

Date & Time Slot:

1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 23-26 August
8.30 PM

Running Time:

120 minutes

Recommended Age:

12+

★★★★

Hugely entertaining

– Stage

It’s a hoot!

– Time Out London

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Uber Happy
Walkabout Mask Theatre

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by ace

Uber Happy
Walkabout Mask Theatre

Vamos Theatre

Creative:

Director: Rachael Savage
Designer: Carl Davies
Musical Director: Janie Armour
Choreographer: Rachael Alexander
Assistant Choreographer: Rosa Savage

Uber Happy

Walkabout Mask Theatre

BY VAMOS THEATRE

Vamos Theatre’s new outdoor street theatre brings the most delicious of deliveries to FeastFest.

Takeaways, tick…groceries, tick…Uber Happy celebrates the courageous and chaotic world of delivery drivers. Featuring three bike-riding drivers, bonkers dance routines and the silliest of music, Uber Happy will have you laughing out loud at its delightful and delectable deliveries.

Developed with support from Ensemble Festival, Uber Happy is based on original work made during the pandemic with Chinese artists over Zoom – seen by over 12,000 people at the Modern Drama Valley Festival, Shanghai, in 2021

Completely non-verbal, Uber Happy is the new street theatre show from full mask maestros, Vamos Theatre, out to entertain everyone who loves food and fun!

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Venue:

Various Locations

Date & Time Slot:

Saturday, 25 Septemeber 2022,
1:00pm-5:00pm

Running Time:

20 mins

Recommended Age:

n/a

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Sonic Phở
The Audio Dining Experience

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by ace

Sonic Phở
The Audio Dining Experience

Performance Infinity presents an audio dining experience
Created by New Earth Theatre in association with the Museum of the Home

FeastFest / Edinburg 2019

Creative:

Writer: Anna Nguyen
Sound Designer: Nicola T. Chang
Dramaturg: Mingyu Lin

Sonic Phở

The Audio Dining Experience

BY NEW EARTH THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSEUM OF THE HOME PRESENTS

Come visit our temporary café to celebrate the Vietnamese national dish, Phở! You will be taken through a live demonstration, showcasing what goes into making this beloved staple of Vietnamese cuisine, before being guided to enjoy a tasty bowl of Phở supplied by a local partnering supplier. Whilst eating, listen to an accompanying audio story by Anna Nguyen and award-winning sound designer Nicola T. Chang.

Phở is a popular noodle soup dish from Vietnam and a firm favourite in Vietnamese restaurants across the world.

For the best experience, bring your phone and compatible headphones to our demonstration, or listen at home while eating Phở to enjoy a multisensory meal.

Sonic Pho was created by New Earth Theatre in association with the Museum of the Home, originally commissioned by the Albany for We Are Lewisham, London Borough of Culture 2022.

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Venue:

2 John Harrison Square, Royal Wharf Community Dock, Royal Wharf, London E16 2ZA

Date & Time Slot:

Saturdays, 8 October
Saturdays, 15 October 2022
1:00 pm & 3:00 pm

Running Time:

1 hr 45 minutes

Recommended Age:

n/a

Audio Story.

Thảo returns home every week to visit her mother. One routine evening, her mother invites her round for her famous home cooked Chicken Phở, the best in Southeast London, her words not Thảo’s. Mother is obsessed with feeding. However Thảo has a different kind of hunger. As she sits down at the table, questions and longing rise from her hot steaming bowl.

A story of redemption, restoration and generational healing that will ripple out across cultures and time. Connect to the food of our motherland and understand more about the person behind the bowl who cooked it for us.

The audio story is now available. For the best experience, bring your phone and compatible headphones to one of our partnering restaurants below. Or listen at home while eating Phở to enjoy a multisensory meal.

The audio story contains references to war and intergenerational trauma, which may be triggering. Listener discretion is advised.

Click here to listen the story.

(Audio story available from 1st August to 31st October)

The Wedding Banquet
Immersive Screening Event

Posted on February 9, 2023 by ace

The Wedding Banquet
Immersive Screening Event

Queer East

Creative:

Creative:
Director: Xinxi Du

The Wedding Banquet

Immersive Screening Event

BY QUEEREAST

良辰已定，吉日待访，吾有薄酒，以谢亲朋，敬备喜筵，随候尊驾。
You are invited to Wai-Tung and Simon’s wedding – it’s Simon’s first but the second for Wei-Tung.

A reimagined story of Wei-Tung and Simon inspired by Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet set in a post-same-sex marriage era.

This special immersive screening event comes with a short live performance directed by London-based theatre-maker Xinxi Du, exploring an alternative version of Wei-Tung and Simon’s love story. It will be followed by a film screening of The Wedding Banquet, directed by three-time Oscar winner, Ang Lee in 1993.

The Wedding Banquet (1993, Taiwan) is a classic romantic comedy tells the story of Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese guy living in Manhattan, who resolves to marry a woman in order to appease his parents. But what begins as a convenient lie evolves into an elaborate farce when his parents decide to fly to America for the wedding.

A set of snacks will be provided in the event with vegan option available.
In collaboration with Queer East, an LGBTQ+ film festival showcasing queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia.

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Venue:

Green Room, Good Hotel, Royal Victoria Dock, Western Gateway, London E16 1FA

Date & Time Slot:

Saturday, 10 September 2022
2.00pm & 7:00pm

Running Time:

2 hrs

Recommended Age:

15+

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Chan Magazine

Posted on February 9, 2023August 18, 2023 by ace

Chan Magazine

Chán馋

Creative:

Chán馋 is a bilingual magazine dedicated to the UK Sinophone communities.

Chan Magazine

Chán馋 is a bilingual magazine dedicated to the UK Sinophone communities. Through thirteen contributions by seventeen UK-based writers and artists who self-identify as Sinophone diaspora, the first issue of Chán seeks to explore the interconnections between self and collectivity through food – essays, illustrations, images, poetries that construct lines of difference weaved together by memories of food. Instead of identifying as a bilingual publication, we would like to situate ourselves between languages – allowing space for mistranslation, the untranslatable, the incomprehensible, etc. In a time of uncertainties, we are all craving for food and what it signifies – care, support, intimacy and home.

https://chanmagazine.com/

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Venue:

Online Platform

Date & Time Slot:

1 tbc

Running Time:

n/a

Recommended Age:

n/a

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“Food/Present” 2023
Shoran Jiang

Posted on July 29, 2023August 18, 2023 by ace

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2023

Food/Present

Shoran Jiang

“Food Present” is an immersive journey that transcends boundaries and embraces the beauty of diversity, interweaving cultures and traditions through a shared appreciation for the art of food. I invite you to explore this AR artwork, and witness the power of unity, creativity, and culinary delights as they converge before your eyes.

“Food Present” evokes the enchantment of childhood wonder, co-created by the children themselves. Their drawings come to life in AR, weaving themselves into a gastronomic vision. These imaginative artworks embody the boundless imagination and inventive spirit of young minds, reminding us of the limitless possibilities that arise when we embrace our creativity.
Huge thanks to the young artists: Ansheng, Charlotte, Cindy, Dora, Elise, Lucas, Max, Muchen, Olivia, Rachel and Sophia, who have contributed creative images.

http://www.shoranjiang.com/