In the Bag

T1243722562
'Must have', 'dream shop', 'clear trend', 'top flight manager' - the business worlds and the boutiques of modern day Beijing are alive with aspiration and buzz words. Faced with new possibilities, two couples are caught in the midst of China s cultural change. In a 31 day month, a young office manager finds himself rostered to work 39 days. His wife has a spending habit she can manage and a pregnancy she can t. His older brother, a novelist whose book is never quite finished, is trying to leave his girlfriend but never quite gets as far as the door. Although she can t leave him, she s already engaged to someone else. Someone rich. In it s original context, In the Bagmeans both 'safe and secure' and 'trapped and contained'. Hard-edged but tender, Wang Xiaoli s play explores a culture torn between its history and its contemporary reality.

Author

Wang Xiaoli

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Archive :: production:T1243722562, play:S1644700133, venue:V605

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Production details

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Special Performances

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• 12 May 05 Audio Described
• 17 May 05 Sign Interpreted