Congratulations to PAT creative director Chye-Ling Huang, who has received funding to develop a new play with Cole Jenkins about sinophobia against Chinese in New Zealand!
The untitled show uses the genre of horror to highlight the unease and fear caused by racism in New Zealand, drawing on early immigrant experiences and spanning the rise of anti-Asian sentiment in Covid-19 era 2020.
Chye-Ling says, ‘We want the show to be as theatrical as possible - our development will be looking at horror can live in the physical, live realm and be just as terrifying as film. It’s going to be fun.’
Looking to be performed with a cast of Pakeha and Chinese practitioners, the development period folds in sound design from Wellington musician Nikita Tu-Bryant.