4th Physical Theatre Festival 2009 in Seoul, South Korea

Who has never experienced any of these feelings – anger, sorrow, love, hate, fear, desire, joy…? It is not abnormal to feel it, as it is in our nature. However, it could be out of your normal realm if you have an over abundance of each, and it becomes… poisons. The performance Poisons makes use of liquid form such as H20, chemicals and bubbles to create a theatrical landscape of human complexity imprisoned in the confinement of poisons. Director: Low Yuen Wei Perfomers: Low Yuen Wei, Chan Yi Wen, Jocelyn Chua Set and Lighting Designer: Richard Koh Multimedia Artist: Chew Kuan Hock

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3rd Physical Theatre Festival in Seoul, South Korea

A simple title, simple but not less. It examines the notion of “mother”, from a physiological to a philosophical point of view. Rich in Asian literature, the piece especially draws its resources from the Chinese and Indian philosophies and poems related to a greater meaning of “mother”. As the scenes develop, the piece unveils the mystery of “mother”, deeply rooted in the psyche of the protagonist and its notion in the terrestrial sphere of cosmos. Performers: Chan Yi Wen Jacklyn Kuah Low Yuen Wei Lighting Designer: Amy Wee

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About Poisons

3rd-6th October 2007 in Lublin

12th ‘Theatre Confrontations’ International Festival

The festival has been recognized as the most remarkable cultural event in Eastern Europe & one of the biggest in Poland.

“Mandala in its full version, with three performers, focuses on the drawing for a 3-meter-wide rice mandala as two dancers mime the various stages of birth, childhood, and maturity. The sequence and the use of the mandala are based to some extent on Jung’s understanding of the formation and transformation of the personality. So this is an intellectually eclectic, and quite challenging piece: but its immediate theatrical effect derives, for me at least, from the astonishing dance skills and polished athleticism of the players, put to the service of articulating sequences of intense–sometimes erotic, sometimes painful, sometimes joyful–human emotion.”

- Prof Thomas R. Whitaker, an emeritus Professor of English from Yale University

“Daring, absurdist, funny, intelligent, and soulful.” - Cyril Wong, Poet.

“Using the mandala as a concrete symbol of meditation was effective, so much that the abrupt scattering of this intricate pattern of sand at the end felt almost heartwrenching… The performers clambered into three large urns filled with water. They emerged, backs to the audience, revealing half of their naked torsos… tantalizing synchronized movements of hands and hips reminiscent of a more traditional mode of dance, yielding a visual image that was simultaneously serenely pure and joyously carnal.”

- Hong Xinyi, The Straits Times theatre critic.

“When the performers stripped off their costumes, what we saw was bodies which were eroded by the urban life… after a ritual of purification, these deteriorated bodies suddenly turned alive…. ”

- Richard Chua, Theatre Director.

Bring Mandala to you

For information on how to bring Mandala to your area, contact In Source Theatre for more information at info@insourcetheatre.com

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The following expenses are to be covered by the inviting organization:

• Return air tickets
• Airport taxes
• Food and accommodation
• Per diem expense
• Ground transportation
• Performance fees
• Freight cost for excess luggage
• Airport transfers at destination
• Letter of invitation to be sent on headed notepaper at least 6 months prior to tour

Technical Requirements

1. Performance space of at least 6 metres X 6 metres (can be bigger, but not smaller).
2. Black coloured solid flooring (wood or dance mat).

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