Rock, gospel and blues, myth to urban legend, New York Theatre pioneer the TEAM takes you on a musical voyage through the highs and the lows of the American dream. Following the mythic journey of a young Dutch couple from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam (known today as New York City) in 1624, and a contemporary romance of two jobless lovers in Las Vegas, Mission Drift is a wild musical that charts the rise and fall of capitalism through dance, storytelling and live music. We love growth, we just grew too fast – so they say in Las Vegas.

A gravity-defying theatrical wonder, LEO turns your perspective upside-down alongside his doppelganger. Now pacing the room on handstand, now doodling from the ceiling, now breakdancing down the wall or playing the saxophone in mid-air, the Buster Keaton-like silent character LEO and his ‘stage double’ gradually convert a claustrophobic room into his own amazement park in this remarkable solo act. Is he falling or floating? At the end of this odyssey, the question is of no real importance.

Hong Kong writer Lillian Li’s celebrated novel Green Snake is perhaps the most daring reimagining of the Chinese classic romance Legend of the White Snake. Departing from the traditional story of eternal love and unshakable fidelity, she takes unrestrained desire, jealousy and lust as the premise. She portrays the two snake spirits, White and her sister Green, in their forbidden love for an innocent young man and a powerful monk. Love and temptation overrule moral values; both goddesses and mortals are beyond redemption.

Tian Qinxin of the National Theatre of China, a director renowned for her acute female sensitivity and innovative aesthetics, teams up with designers and music composer from the National Theatre of Scotland to recreate the spectacular scenes of this myth set on West Lake, the most mysterious and poetically scenic location in China. The all new-production is performed by an award-winning cast. After the world premiere at the Festival, the work will tour nationally and internationally. Performances are scheduled in Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore and Scotland.

Never underestimate the might of a pen. Especially one held by a critic. A harsh review puts the reputation of theatre titan at stake. The author is his erstwhile partner. But who is the giant? Who is the dwarf?
After two much-lauded runs of The Truth about Lying, multi-talented award-winning playwright Wong Wing-sze once again turns the stage into an arena for combat, where irony and intrigue are sharp weapons. Can they cut through the webs of human and legal relationships? Will director Lee Chun-chow embellish Wong’s distinctive brand of black humour with an additional touch of ambivalence?

More than sword-crossing in linguistic faux pas, Chinglish is the work of David Henry Hwang (M.Butterfly) at its most cross-culturally fluent, if grammatically incorrect. The New York based Tony Award winning playwright has concocted this romantic, sexy comedy in which an American businessman looking to score a lucrative contract in the Mainland meets and falls for a government official. In the midst of lashings of piquantly hilarious mistranslations, he finds himself caught in the turmoil of power, love and money. Will he be lost in translation?

In a city that is constantly being demolished and rebuilt, in an urban village so poor that its Gini coefficient is off the charts, three lonely men with no house, no car and no women squeeze into a bedsit with no past and no future. From their debate of toilet philosophy begins an absurd and brilliant war in defence of the sperm. The voice of the north clashes with the sound of the south; from ploys, tricks and surprises comes tearful laughter.

Brighton, 1963. Roscoe Crabbe has been killed by his sister Rachel’s boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. The pair are now in hiding and need money to escape to Australia. Rachel assumes her brother’s identity. Pauline Clench was supposed to marry Roscoe, but is now happily engaged to an actor, Alan. Charlie Clench had promised to settle a debt to Roscoe’s dad once Roscoe and Pauline were married. Roscoe’s minder, Francis, claims Roscoe’s not dead. Enter Rachel (disguised as her twin, Roscoe), who says “he” wants to marry Pauline. Rachel’s boyfriend Stanley killed Roscoe; now he and Rachel are hiding from the police. They need Charlie’s money to escape. She’s left a letter for Stanley at the post office, hoping he’ll find her safely.

Trust no one! Suspect even your own shadow! Welcome to Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling and stinking tenement block, where curtain-twitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf… is always at the door. When Agnes Eaves and her daughter arrive late one night, does it signal hope in this hopeless place, or has the real horror only just begun?

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