Lantern
Lantern
Chinese New Year is the time to get together as a family, settle old scores and wipe the slates clean. But this year, for the Chens, there’s one thing missing…
Set in modern day Auckland, two actors play ten characters in a play that ignites the burning question all New Zealanders confront; where do I belong?
Written by renowned Chinese-New Zealand playwright Renee Liang, Lantern performed a sold out, extra show added season in 2014 at the Musgrove studio as the first theatre production to be a part of the Auckland Lantern Festival programme.
Starring
Chye-Ling Huang
James Roque
Writer: Renee Liang
directors: Hamish Parkinson & Eli Mathewson
Reviews
“...a tremendously powerful thing to be a part of; seeing people see themselves onstage, recognise their own lives and experiences, perhaps for the first time and hopefully not for the last time.”
“Auckland's ever-expanding Lantern Festival has burst out of its Albert Park site to encompass a contemporary piece of theatre that casts a flickering light on aspects of the Chinese experience that usually remain unseen.”
- Paul Simei-Barton, New Zealand Herald online
“They give outstanding performances as they morph from one role to another with superb timing and astute acting”
PAT’s new production is an engaging, humorous drama centred around the Chens, a small, estranged Kiwi-Chinese family leading up to their traditional family New Year celebration meal. - Nik Smythe, Theatrescenes