Zhao Chuan

Theatre
Shanghai, China
Aufenthaltsdauer: 17.07.2017 - 28.09.2017

Curriculum Vitae

2016: Directed theater piece 'Weeds' and new version of 'World Factory' with Grass Stage, toured in 8 cities in China. Curated international performance project ' Staging Alterity' for Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum. Co-founded North Gate Workers Theater Company in an industrial zone in Shenzhen.
2015: Theater piece 'World Factory' performed in California and other cities in China. Facilitated 10 days workshop and presented a short piece at BiSeTo Theatre Festival in Seoul. Participated in collaborative project 'The Refuse' and presented in Shanghai.
2014: Curated performance project ‘World Factory – Theatre as Social Studies and Practice’ for OCAT Art Center Shenzhen. Directed theatre piece 'World Factory' with Grass Stage, performed in 9 cities. Took residence in University of Cambridge (UK) to develop 'World Factory' project in the UK.
2013: Theater piece 'Unsettling Stones' was performed in Contemporary Theatre Week in Nanjing Arts Institute and other cities. Workshops under same title were facilitated in Roma, Singapore and Berlin. Invited to London by National Theatre Studio to develop theatre project: 'World Factory'. Curated international lecture and performance program 'Action Asia' for Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum.
2012: Join Asian meets Asian project, co-directed and performed in Tokyo, Taipei, Hongkong and Bangalore with theater pieces: 'Mad Man's Diary' and 'Hope'. Wrote and directed 'Unsettling Stones' with Grass Stage, performed in Mumbai, New Delhi and Shanghai.
2011: Toured with 'The Little Society (Volume I and II) ' in 7cities. Co-directed and performed theater piece 'Mad Man's Diary' in 2011 Tagtas Project in Tokyo. Performance work 'Daydream/Glass' was performed in Hamberg.
2010: Artistic Director for 2010 Mecooon Fringe Festival in Shanghai. Directed 'The Little Society (Vol. II) with Grass Stage, performed in Shanghai, Macao and Guangzhou. Participated in 'New World' project in the Theater der Welt in Germany.
2009: Artistic Director for an independent festival: 2009 Mecooon Fringe Festival in Shanghai. Directed The Little Society (Vol. I) with Grass Stage, toured in 7 cities. As a text writer and performer for Asian-meets-Asian project in Tokyo.
2008: Curated independent performance project 'Under Luxun's Banner'. Co-directed and performed 'Luxun 2008', toured in Hongkong, Taipei, Tokyo and Shanghai.
2007: Directed 'Madmen's Story' with theatre collective Grass Stage, performed in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Taipei, Hongkong and Shanghai.

A Laboratory for Future Interrogating Theatre Project (Working Title)

Since 2005, I have been focusing on developing artistic theatre work into a social practice in China, known as ‘Interrogating Theatre’. Worked together with my theatre collective: Grass Stage, such a practice encourage people from different backgrounds to consider social and historical issues, and stimulate participator and audience to response to those issues through creative process, rehearsals, performances and post-talks and interactions among the theatre collectives. To me this residency in Swiss means a perfect opportunity to discover new approaches towards social thinking and theatre art. I am interested in initiating an intense process of reflection through workshops & public work-in-progress-presentations besides private exchanges. It would enable me to continue discussing with Swiss colleagues and seek new development in Interrogating Theatre.