Chinatown Arts Space
Unit 5, 2/F,
22 Wardour Street,
London W1D 6QQ
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Piccadilly Revisited
A performance celebrating the life of Anna May Wong
7.45pm, Tuesday 30th March and Wednesday 31st March 2010
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
Tickets: £12, £10, standing £5, concessions incl. students and ROH Access Scheme £8 from Royal Opera House Box Office on 020 7304 4000 or at www.roh.org.uk available from 9th February 2010
Presented by Chinatown Arts Space
Piccadilly Revisited is a film and video, dance, music and drama performance inspired by the life and loves of Hollywood's first Chinese film star, Anna May Wong, and the classic British silent movie Piccadilly (1929) in which she played a starring role. The film will be shown in full as a backdrop to the performance.
Piccadilly Revisited features dancers Yuyu Rau and Quang Van, and Calita Rainford playing Anna May Wong.
Written by David Tse Ka-Shing and Alice Lee
Music composed and performed by Suki Mok and Ruth Chan
Choreography by Sin-Man Yue and Anh Nguyen
Video sequences by Shan Ng and O Zhang
Wong was a celebrated actress who worked with Dietrich and Olivier, graced the pages of Vogue, Tatler and Vanity Fair, and the song These Foolish Things was written for her. Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to celebrate her achievements in this, her seminal film directed by E.A. Dupont.
‘Bold, beautifully crafted...one of the truly great films of the silent era’ - Martin Scorsese
Supported by: (Ace grants for the arts)
CAS is looking for an experienced Stage Manager to work on Piccadilly Revisited. Familiarity with projection and cross-artform (film, video, music, dance and theatre) useful. Dates are 8 - 31 March, get in 29th, perform 30-31 March at Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House. Pay based on ITC rates. Enquiries: david@chinatownartsspace.com
Piccadilly Revisited
Outdoor film and live music performance
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photos of Piccadilly Revisited...
Piccadilly Revisited was part of the
Thames Festival held on
Sat 12 September 2009 (8.15pm - 10.00pm) at the East-facing
facade of the Royal Festival Hall
BFI Stills, Posters and Designs
Piccadilly Revisited was a film and music
performance inspired by the life and loves of Hollywood's first Chinese
film star, Anna
May Wong, and the classic British silent movie Piccadilly (1929)
in which she played a starring role.
Composers Suki Mok and Ruth
Chan performed their new contemporary score to the backdrop
of an outdoor screening of the silent film, Piccadilly.
The score is based on a storyboard developed by co-writers Alice
Lee and David Tse Ka-Shing.
Wong is the only Asian-American actress with a star on Hollywood's
Walk of Fame. She worked with Dietrich and Olivier, graced the pages
of Vogue, Tatler and Vanity Fair, and the song These Foolish Things
was written for her. She has experienced a renaissance in recent
years, and Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to celebrate her achievements
in Piccadilly, her seminal film directed by E.A. Dupont.
"Bold, beautifully crafted...one of the truly great films of
the silent era" Martin Scorsese
The performance on 12th September was the first work-in-progress
showing of a cross-artform production to be completed next year,
which will incorporate dance, drama and video against a backdrop
of the original silent movie.
The completed work will explore the contradictions of Anna May Wong's
life, the impact of the stereotyped ‘orientalist' roles she was forced
into, and release Anna May Wong's spirit through the intervention
of a team of British East Asian artists. Contemporary sensibilities
will bring a fresh, vibrant interpretation to the film and her life.
Like a Chinese ‘hungry ghost' coming back to right a wrong, these
modern mediums will exorcise her demons and satisfy all artistic
appetites.
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Click for further details of Piccadilly Revisited at the Thames Festival
An interview with David Tse Ka-Shing and Ruth Chan on the BBC Chinese website:
Link 1 | Link 2
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