Taiwan Festival: Chou Kuan-Jou - Tomato
(This is a past event and is no longer running)
A PLAYFUL & PROVOCATIVE EXPLORATION OF gender issues & TAIWAN’S LIBERAL EVOLUTION
“What Chou Kuan-Jou puts before us is a feast of thoughts, movement, and provocative action” – Fringe Review
A playful, provocative and experimental exploration of gender issues, using live performance, simultaneously filmed video and a lot of tomatoes, Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit show Tomato comes to London.
Created by dancer-choreographer Chou Kuan-Jou for herself and two other performers, Tomato is a truly unique experience. Lust and desire take centre stage in an audacious and absurdly funny expression of Chou’s ongoing interest in gender issues from a feminist perspective. Here, private manifestations of sexuality receive a public outing. Ideal for anyone curious about seriously tongue-in cheek, cross-art form exploration.
Throughout 2021, Tomato was toured in Taiwan by the Chiayi New Style Choreography Platform. The extended version was selected for Edinburgh Fringe Festival Taiwan Season in 2022, receiving critical acclaim, the Bobby award from Broadway Baby, and the LUSTRUM award from Summerhall.
“There’s something very clever about the sudden shifts of mood. Is this woman’s experience enjoyable, exploitative, funny, sinister? As in real life, it depends on an ultra-fine tuning of sensation and context” – The Guardian
Workshop
Alongside the highly anticipated London premiere of Edinburgh Festival smash-hit Chou Kuan-Jou’s Tomato, The Coronet Theatre is thrilled to present a unique and exciting opportunity to explore the process of creating this playful, provocative and experimental piece to the stage. Click here for more details.
Artist / Director / Choreographer
Chou Kuan-Jou
Performers
Chou Kuan-Jou, Ng Chi Wai, Zito Tseng
Sound Designer
Liu Zhu Chi
Producer
Yang Shu Han
Light Designer
Yang Yu Chieh
Video Design
Lo Yu Chen
Stage Manager
Yang Yu Chieh
Rehearsals Assistant
He Yan Yu
