Open Stage: Scenes from a Yellow Peril

Sat Mar 13 2021 at 01:30 pm to 02:45 pm

The Civic | Auckland

Auckland Arts Festival
Publisher/HostAuckland Arts Festival
Open Stage: Scenes from a Yellow Peril
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*Please note that due to COVID Alert Level 2 across Tāmaki Makaurau for a week starting at 6.00am Sun 7 March, The Civic Club will be set up according to Level 2 protocol for all shows between Fri 12–Sun 14 March.*
The trope of the demure, soft-spoken and subservient East Asian has long populated the Western imagination: the model minority, the submissive schoolgirl, the kung fu master, the maths nerd.
Taking a scalpel to these outdated and orientalist images, Scenes from a Yellow Peril violently smashes performance poetry, documentary theatre and political discourse together to create a kaleidoscopic vision of contemporary identity politics.
A rare opportunity to gain a view into the developmental process behind creating a play, playwright Nathan Joe and director Jane Yonge invite audiences to a rehearsed reading of scenes from their script, as well as a deeper dive into the core questions of the work through a post-reading discussion.
Sat 13 March, 1.30pm
The Civic Club
1hr 15mins approx
Contains strong language, discussions of violence and sexual/adult themes.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Civic, 269 – 287 Queen Street, Corner Queen Street & Wellesley Street, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 1010, New Zealand

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