Presented: Grass Stage
Playwright/director: Zhao Chuan
Performers: Lu Lu, Yu Kai, Wu Meng, Yu Ling Na, Wu Jia Min
Lighting designer: Zhao Chuan
Executive producer: Wu Jia Min
Stage Manager: Liu Nian
Unsettling Stones
This play is a product of an unsettled time and of unsettled souls, and is also a contemplation of that unsettledness. Itlooksat what it means to live in a society under the rule of law, where the notions of safety/ danger/ security/ freedom are all meshed together. Where media wears masks to entertain their audience and the monopoly of power gets passed on to successive generations of the privileged elite. Unease has led to further unease and we all live in varying levels of panic and fear. In these times of powerless and impotence, can one turn to stonesfor hope?
About playwright/director
Zhao Chuan is a writer, art critic and theatre director who creates alternative, social theatre in Shanghai. He is the founding member and mastermind of the very important Chinese theatre collective Grass Stage since 2005. His work devoted to the promotion of new social theatre movement and the creation of non-profit public space. Zhao Chuan’s literary awards include, most notably, the Unita Prize for New Novelists (2001). His writings on contemporary Shanghai art have been selected for publication in various media in China and abroad. He has also been an invited participant in numerous international Literary, Art, and Theatre festivals. www.grassstage.com
草台班作品
编/导：赵川
主演：吕律 庾凯 吴梦 于玲娜 吴加闵等
灯光：赵川
制作：吴加闵
舞监：刘念
《不安的石头》
源自不安，而窥探不安。生活其中的人试图叫喊出来，而那些恐慌明摆了让你没法开口。它让人感觉自己像路边的小石子，除了被踏过，被踢开，无能为力。但你说石头里有没有希望？
关于编剧/导演
赵川 作家、艺术评论家及剧场导演，生活在上海。他是从2005开始的中国重要民间剧社“草台班”的主创者之一及主持者，创作边缘但社会性极强的当代剧场，力致于推动新的社会剧场和非牟利公共空间。赵川获得的文学奖项包括台湾的联合文学小说新人奖(2001)。他对于上海当代艺术发生、发展的写作在中国及海外发表。他受邀参加过许多国际文学、艺术和戏剧节及相关活动。参与编剧或导演的作品已在中国大陆十多个城市、港台及澳门地区、日本、韩国、印度、新加坡、意大利和德国等地演出。www.grassstage.com