Daniel York's short play Song Of Four Seasons (四季歌)
has been selected for Tamasha Theatre’s next Scratch Night at Rich Mix this Friday 17th May. The performance is script in hand but rehearsed and stars Michelle Wen Lee, Jennifer Lim and Jess Woo.
The play concerns identity, displacement and belonging. It was inspired by the singer Chinese singer Zhou Xuan and the song Four Seasons which is a tale of separation, love and small people whose lives are destroyed by big events.
The play concerns identity, displacement and belonging. It was inspired by the singer Chinese singer Zhou Xuan and the song Four Seasons which is a tale of separation, love and small people whose lives are destroyed by big events.
Zhou Xuan,
is one of China’s great movie stars whose life was as dramatic and
tragic as any of the characters she portrayed. I discussed her fascinating life and career in my radio programme on The Seven Singing Stars of Shanghai. Her legacy lives on today and the song Four Seasons featured in the 2007 Ang Lee film Lust, Caution.
Daniel York's short film, Mercutio’s
Dreaming: The Killing Of A Chinese Actor, was recently nominated for
four awards at the WMIFF festival.
Daniel's full length play, The Fu
Manchu Complex, will open the autumn season at Ovalhouse Theatre this
October 2013.
I spoke with Daniel, who is also the Vice Chair, Equity Minority Ethnic Members’ Committee, earlier this year about the RSC Orphan of Zhao casting controversy. Daniel York is now part of the group British East Asian Artists.
I am really pleased that Zhou Xuan's life and work will be brought to a wider audience with this play. The Pathe 100 compilation of her music is highly recommended (see below).
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