25, 26/1
20:00
Black Box I, Macao Cultural Centre
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
The audience will be directed through written text projected in Chinese only
Please switch off all sound and light-emitting devices. Thank you for cooperating.
Written and Directed by: Nathan Ellis
Creative Producers: Emily Davis and Eve Allin
Dramaturgy: Sam Ward and Ben Kulvichit
Technical Design: Harry Halliday
Lighting Design: Danny Vavrećka
Music and Sound Design: Tom Foskett-Barnes
Additional Dramaturgy: Grace Venning and Charlotte Fraser
Chinese Translator: Li Qi
Producer (Chinese version): Lucas Wang
Acknowledgement: Performance Infinity
The surtitles will be shown on the screen after the lights go off. You can either watch or follow the instructions to participate in the performance. But rest assured, no one will be forced to perform.
In the lobby of a city office building, a person heading for work suddenly stops and lies down still on the ground. If you want to know the reason behind this behaviour, please continue the story by yourself and join us to explore the meaning of “work”.
Nathan Ellis, Writer and Director
Ellis is a British writer. In 2020 his play Super High Resolution was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award. His play work.txt (a play without actors) opened at the Soho Theatre in 2022 and won the Best Interactive Theatre Award at the Adelaide Fringe and Technical Innovation Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival and was invited to the caravan assembly 2022. The show is currently on an international tour (Australia, Germany, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Egypt) and has so far been translated into seven languages and performed on six continents. Ellis is an Amplify Associate of the Nottingham Playhouse and Artistic Director of SUBJECT OBJECT, an award-winning theatre company based in the UK and Germany. Its work explores new ways of using technology and interactivity in theatre. It comprises makers across various disciplines, and is rooted in cross-disciplinary ways of working.
More Production
More Production was founded in 2021 by Lucas Wang, who has worked in the theatre industry for over 10 years. The company is committed to original theatre productions as well as diverse categories of stage arts, capturing contemporary topics and urban culture. Its self-owned 2332 Studio focuses on original content production through real story-telling in the form of theatre, invoking reflection and resonance of our time.
Disclaimer
The views / opinions expressed in the project are those of the project / project team only and do not reflect the views of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government.
