Installation provides space for dreamy show
Mirrors refect innovative approach to staging play, Li Yingxue reports.
"That phrase — dream, wake — reminds me of Hamlet's 'To be or not to be', confronting the ultimate question of life and death. Each time we wake from sleep, it feels like a kind of rebirth," she adds.
She also notes the unique challenge of staging a play in an art gallery, where audience expectations differ from those in a traditional theater. "We aim to keep gallery performances under 60 minutes, breaking the narrative into seven short dreamlike episodes, each lasting just a few minutes."
"At the same time, we enhance the visual and auditory elements, aiming to balance the space, the audience experience and the story," she says.
Wu, in the role of Tianci, believes that the character's struggles resonate with the challenges many face in real life. "We often dream, and those dreams can feel incredibly vivid. In Seven, each of the seven dreams serves as a confrontation between subconscious and reality," he explains.
