Lost in Shanghai

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Event Lost in Shanghai
Venue Reginald Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Festival 2022
First Date 12 January 2022
Last Date 16 January 2022
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Of all the stories Jane Hutcheon has encountered as an ABC journalist, China correspondent, war zone reporter and author, one has intrigued her more than any other: that of her mother Beatrice’s turbulent childhood in pre-Communist Shanghai. Visiting Shanghai in 2018, Jane began to search for the truth of her mother’s difficult beginnings. Lost in Shanghai is the result, a story of an ordinary Eurasian family in extraordinary times, set against a backdrop of fading colonial opulence, civil war and revolution. Using projected images from the family archive curated by photographer-storyteller,
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Multimedia
Autobiographical
Subjects Childhood
China
Family
Revolution
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tasnim Hossain Co-Director
Terumi Narushima Composer
William Yang Director
Tasnim Hossain Dramaturg/e
Terumi Narushima Musician
Jane Hutcheon Performer
Jane Hutcheon Writer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.seymourcentre.com/archived/2022/lost-in-shanghai/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 167383