About this Event
From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy: Stories of Family, Migration and Hope (performed in English)
Step into a different world without leaving Castleford. This moving solo performance by Hong Kong-born theatre artist Yuk-Lan Chan invites you to look through a “window” into the experiences of the Hong Kong community in Britain today.
Experience a heartfelt, personal story of migration and self-discovery as Yuk-Lan Chan brings to life From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy. Set between Hong Kong and the UK, this intimate solo performance shares Chan’s experiences of the struggles and discoveries that come with starting anew.
Leaving behind the politically charged landscape of Hong Kong, Chan navigates life in Britain, all while grappling with the legacy of her late father, Old Bean, whose presence lingers in memory and tradition. (Old Bean, 老豆, is an affectionate term HongKongers use for their fathers.) With evocative storytelling, Chan weaves together narratives of displacement, adaptation and the small moments that shape our sense of identity and belonging.
Whether you have lived the immigrant journey or are simply drawn to stories of resilience and identity, this performance invites you into a world of reflection, connections and the search for the meaning of home.
From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy: 家庭、移民與希望的故事》（英語演出）
無需離開 Castleford，就能踏入另一個世界。這場由香港出生的劇場藝術家 陳玉蘭 帶來的感人獨腳戲，邀請您透過一扇「窗口」，走進當今在英港人社群的真實經歷。
在《From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy》中，陳玉蘭以真摯細膩的方式，呈現她從香港移居英國的親身旅程，分享在新地方重新開始時的掙扎與發現。
離開政治氛圍緊張的香港後，她在英國展開新生活，同時也在與已故父親「老豆」的記憶與傳統對話。「老豆」是香港人親切稱呼父親的方式。透過動人的敘事，陳玉蘭將關於流離、適應與塑造身份與歸屬感的點滴片段，編織成一幅觸動人心的圖景。
無論您是否曾經歷過移民，或只是對人們如何在變遷中尋找方向感到好奇，這場演出都將邀請您走進一個關於反思、連結與追尋「家」真正意義的世界。
by Chan's Applied Theatre Lab 陳玉蘭應用劇場工作室
https://www.catlab.online/
About the performer
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Yuk-Lan Chan now lives in the UK where she founded Chan’s Applied Theatre Lab. She takes up a wide range of practice as stage actor, Theatre-in-Education director and actor-teacher, Youth Theatre director, workshop facilitator, course planner, teacher educator, writer and researcher. She performs in a range of theatre genres including interactive Theatre-in-Education, physical theatre, solo performance and musical. Her productions have toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, community venues across Scotland, Beijing Capital Theatre and theatre venues in Macau. Her PhD thesis is about the actor-teacher’s approach to acting in interactive Theatre-in-Education works.
關於表演者陳玉蘭出生並成長於香港，現居於英國，並創立了 Chan’s Applied Theatre Lab（陳玉蘭應用劇場工作室）。她的實踐範疇十分廣泛，包括舞台演員、教育劇場導演及演員教師、青少年劇場導演、工作坊主持人、課程設計者、教師培訓者、作家與研究者。
她曾參與多種不同類型的劇場表演，包括互動式教育劇場、形體劇場、獨腳戲與音樂劇。她的作品曾巡演至愛丁堡藝穗節、蘇格蘭各地的社區場館、北京首都劇場以及澳門的專業劇場空間。
她的博士論文研究焦點為 教育劇場中演員教師在互動劇場作品中的表演方法。
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Roebuck's Coffee, Booth Street, Castleford, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
