Vanishing
消失之际
in-version ensemble
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Greenside at George Street Fern Studio - 2024
Vanishing is a multimedia, multilingual play devised by in-version ensemble and premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Cast: Jess Reed, Xiner Lan
Co-writers: Xiner Lan, Ruby Wang, Cerulean Long, Jess Reed, Jane Su, Emily Fritz
Director: Cerulean Long
Projection Designer: Jane Su
Scenic & Prop Designer: Lucy Zhang
Assistant Scenic & Prop Designer: Chloe Zhu
Lighting Designer: Raven Zhan
Sound Designer: Cerulean Long
Production Manager: Jane Su
Dramaturg: Tyler Neufeld
(Los Angeles preview run produced by Untitled Theatre Company)
Photography by: Ruby Wang
Two diners, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. One telepathic phone call.
An inexplicable connection formed across and despite time, space, and culture – this is what we’re exploring through Vanishing.
On this bizarre, multimedia journey, you’ll experience a glimpse of unique food culture across the sea, get lost in the ebbs and flows of memories from everyday objects, and search for the universal bond that brings us together through shared female experience.
As languages and identities dissolve into archetypal placeholders, Vanishing challenges the audience to find and fabricate new meanings in memories and existence through the very objects that define our lives.
两个时代，两种文化，两个小餐馆，立方体盒子搭建的同一个困局。
菠萝油，西多士，蛋挞，香港。
曲奇，番茄酱，咖啡，洛杉矶。
一根电话线，一头系着回不去的家，一头系着凝滞的生活，琐屑，疲惫，一眼望得到头的未来。
“Invoked questions so deep I felt like sitting naked in front of a mirror."
「消失之际 Vanishing」是一次对传统叙事的挑战，通过多感官、多媒体的设计，我们以跨文化的女性视角，寻求最真诚、普世的情感联结。
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“Imbued with a unique charm."
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"A constantly engaging production."
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“You could see the show multiple times and still catch a new gem each time."
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"Gorgeous alignment of cultures."
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