Andrew Tay & Stephen Thompson (Montreal)

Make Banana Cry

Saturday 19 October 2019Sunday 20 October 2019

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square
Birmingham, B3 3DH United Kingdom
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Presented in partnership with Birmingham Museums. With thanks to the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom for its support.

75 mins
Make Banana Cry

Credit Claudia Chan Tak

Make Banana Cry is a critical and destabilizing theatrical performance questioning Asian stereotypes and the transmission of cultural identity. The work confronts western perceptions of the ‘Asian Fantasy’ in a durational theatre parade drawing on the background of the diverse cast of Canadian actors.

As aesthetic embodiments of ‘Asian-ness’ become more predominant in Western art and pop culture, the performers share a desire to reflect on these representations and explode the mechanisms that create these categorisations within today’s appropriative landscape.

With a unique theatrical design by visual artist Dominique Petrin.

Visual Installation – Dominique Petrin
Cast – Ellen Furey, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Dana Michel, Simon Portigal
Produced in collaboration with – MAI (Montreal, Arts Interculturels)

‘The crowd’s discomfort is palpable and the message is strong: we are confronted with the sheer exhaustion that comes from a lifetime of carrying the weight of fetishization.’

– Dance current

Fierce Says

This is a hugely generous and laugh out loud funny fashion catwalk show set within a beautiful installation by Dominique Petrin. We’re thrilled to welcome both Andrew and Stephen back to Fierce who previously presented Fame Prayer / EATING in 2017 and Culture, Administration & Trembling in 2015 respectively.

Details

Saturday 19 October 2019

3.30pm

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Waterhall

£13 – £11

Sold out!

Sunday 20 October 2019

12.00pm

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Waterhall

£13 – £11

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