In the Bag

Archive Listings for In the Bag

T1243722562 (TRAVERSE05) Company Traverse Theatre Company. Translation Cristina Bevir. Adapted by Ronan O'Donnell. Director Lorne Campbell. Design Jon Bausor. Sound DJRed6. Lighting Philip Gladwell. Performer Tuyet Le. Performer Michelle Macerlean. Performer Daniel York. Performer Mo Zainal.
29 Apr 05 to 21 May 05	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V605 listing details L893262836

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Play :: '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