The Show 'All of human history? It's basically people taking things from each other'A 1000-year-old statue of the Boddhisattva Guan Yin lives in The British Museum.
When it emerges that the statue was stolen from its original home, the museum attempts to deflect both the public response and controversial repatriation claims from the Chinese government.
As statesmen scheme and grease their palms, beneath the statue witches dance, a cleaner prays, and spirits weep.
Guan Yin's gaze falls over the broken shards of human life from empires old and new.
Joel Tan's shape-shifting play unfolds the statue's journey from China to Britain and back again, stirring up centuries of ghosts.
Directed by experimental theatre-makers emma + pj (Ghosts of the Near Future, Barbican), Scenes from a Repatriation questions who can claim cultural artefacts - and why.
A Royal Court Theatre commission.
Joel is this year's recipient of the Jerwood New Playwright accolade.
The Royal Court Theatre's Jerwood New Playwright Programme is supported by Jerwood Foundation.
Post-show Talk: Tuesday 6 May A conversation with writer Joel Tan.
This event is free with a ticket to that evening's performance.
Assisted Performances Captioned Performance: Tuesday 13th May 7:45pm (Familiarisation Tour at 7:15pm) Chilled Performance: Saturday 24th May 2pm (Familiarisation Tour at 1:30pm)
Theatre details
Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre Sloane Square London SW1W 8AS
Directions: (directly adjacent to Sloane Square Underground station ) Head east on Holbein Place and you will find the theatre.
Tube: Sloane Square station is 1 minute walk (37 metres)
Sloane Square station is 1 minute walk (37 metres)
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