… I'm not even properly Chinese I'm only half and half so that makes me feel all wrong and I just want to blend out and fit in and not stand out and with you I stand out
We
Stand Out
There's no safety in numbers
Sorry
The 'British Chinese'. So often regarded as a 'model minority'. Quiet, high-achieving, polite, invisible…
But when someone who is 'British Chinese' spends their life taking drugs, getting thrown out of school, claiming benefits, being chased in stolen cars, getting locked up, then rehabilitating onto the stage, where do they fit in? Oh, and they're not quite 'Chinese' enough anyway.
Semi-autobiographical, free-form and explosive, Daniel York Loh's psychedelic gig-theatrical punk pop rap rock riff The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience (Butterfly Dream) asks what path to choose, which identity politics to embrace or whether it's just easier to follow the 'Dao' of ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi and dream you're a butterfly. Or, be a butterfly dreaming of being 'Chinese'….
This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere Kakilang production at London's Soho Theatre in June 2024.
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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- eCopyright
- Cast
- About Kakilang
- Performer – Melody Chikakane Brown
- The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience (Butterfly Dream)
- The Sage 先哲上部
- Where The Twain Meets 两方相遇的地方
- Playground Politics 游乐场政治
- Cloud & Obscure #1 云与晦涩 #一
- Virtuosity (De 德)
- Ballad of Virtuosity (De 德) 精湛的歌谣
- Christianity 基督教
- Asian Parent Song 亚洲父母之歌
- The First Time I Went To Chinatown 我去唐人街的第一次
- Christianity 2.0 基督教
- Dao Of The Tooth 牙之道
- Novocaine Dreams 诺卡因之梦
- Cloud & Obscure #2 云与晦涩 #二
- Tree Song 树歌
- The Dao of Legalism 法家之道
- Cloud & Obscure #3 云与晦涩 #三
- Cloud & Obscure #3 云与晦涩 #三 cont’d
- The Second Time I Went To Chinatown 我去唐人街的第二次
- Cloud & Obscure #3 云与晦涩 #三 cont’d again
- Late Stage Capitalist Theatre 晚期资本主义剧院
- The Third Time I Went To Chinatown 我去唐人街的第三次
- Ballad of Virtuosity (De 德) 精湛的歌谣
- The Garden of Tonal Harmony 调和花园
- Cloud & Obscure #3 and a half because 4 is unlucky in
- Positivity Song: Chasing the Butterfly (Dream) 正能量歌：追
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