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Sarah trained in Theatre Design at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff and then attended the prestigious Curious School of Puppetry in London. She is a highly skilled maker working as a puppet and prop maker for PuppetCraft and a range of other theatre companies, including Theatre Alibi. Sarah has toured […]
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Ross has been acting since the mid 1990s and has appeared in productions of Othello, Teechers, Macbeth, A Man for All Seasons, and The Little Shop of Horrors and, more recently, as Lennie in Of Mice and Men (Lighthouse, Poole), a Corner man/Bailiff in Sucker Punch (Royal Court, London), Ben in The Dumb Waiter (The […]
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Michelle trained at ALRA. Theatre credits: DiaoChan: The Rise of the Courtesan (UK Tour); From Shore to Shore (Freedom Studios, Leeds); The Autumn of Han (UK Tour); The Arrivals (NI tour: Crescent Arts, Market Place Theatre Armagh, Downs Arts); The Rape of Lucrece (Calderbookshop Theatre); The King and I (Theatre at the Mill); A Christmas […]
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Marisa showed a talent for the stage from an early age developing skills in elocution, acting, circus and song. Marisa worked as a clown for community festivals across Scotland. She studied acting, mask and puppet theatre before joining “Puppet Lab” as a narrator/puppeteer for a UK tour. She travelled to U.S.A. to work with mask […]
Find out moreMany of the artists and performers are invited by organisers and partner organisations, but we would love to hear from any artists interested in being commissioned for new work or be part of the festival.
Information from pagodaarts.org.uk Our priority aim is to pass on our knowledge to anyone who has interest in Chinese culture. While in China in the 70s and 80s, Mr. & Mrs. Li were assigned with students to understudying their techniques and knowledge. Many of Mr. Li’s students have themselves become successful professional musicians, music directors, theatre directors […]
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Cast member as Anjali, Jenny & Tracy in ‘Taking Flight’. Harriet started acting when she was 8 years old, and went on to train at the University of Birmingham. She has appeared in commercials and short films: ‘Horndog’ (dir. Natasha Berger), which won ‘Best LGBT Short’ at London Independent Film Festival (LIFF) 2016. Last February […]
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On the eve of her wedding, Anjali sets teenage sister, Hema, the responsibility of honouring an old family tradition; a mission that’ll cast her back through the sweetness and bickering of their childhood years, as she faces the prospect of Anjali leaving home forever. Chandni Lakhani is a London-based playwright and screenwriter. Born into a […]
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Festival associated work of art of non-Chinese origin. Batala is a form of Samba Drum music which originates in Salvador de Bahia in North Eastern Brazil. Batala was formed as the European wing of Cortejo Afro (a style of Brazilian Samba) by Giba Gonçalves in Paris in 1997. Giba is the maestro of the Batala […]
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Information from www.WanlinDanceSchool.co.uk. Wanlin Steele is a professional Chinese dancer, performer and choreographer based in Sheffield, the heart of the UK. Wanlin trained professionally as a dancer since the age of ten, later graduating in Chinese Classical Dance and Performance at the world-renowned Beijing Dance Academy (BDA). While a student, Wanlin represented the BDA at […]
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Information from PagodaArts.org.uk Zi Lan Liao is one of the leading exponents of Chinese music. Her busy career on the international concert circuit has resulted in her being the most widely heard and best appreciated performer on the Ku-Cheng worldwide. Zi Lan began to learn the Ku-Cheng at the age of three when she lived […]
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Megha is young upcoming South Asian actress. She is known for working along-side Rikki Beadle Blair in the hit ‘Elemental’ performed at the Bush Theatre, as well as being a part of ‘The Angelic Tales’ season performing the new play ‘I Aint Dumb’ written By Thomas Wright. Last summer she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe […]
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Artist’s Statement As part of Lancaster Chinese New Year Festival 2016, artist Pui Lee is doing a residency at Lancaster City Museum, where she will be creating an exciting new artwork for exhibition as well as delivering a series of creative workshops for members of the public. (28th January – 31st January 2016). “After doing […]
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Gale Chen’s work responds to the unique spaces of Lancaster’s city centre and central to her work is her exploration of both British and Chinese traditions of storytelling through fabric and embroidery. Lancaster’s history is retold through events that have shaped the city and its people over the centuries on Chinese style embroidered plaques and […]
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The Long Walk Chinese Orchestra is a diverse group of musicians who play traditional Chinese melodies on traditional Chinese instruments. There is a wide age range in the group, and the orchestra has a place for both beginners and more experienced musicians. The Orchestra is led by Rick Middleton. Rick began learning to play Chinese […]
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Excerpt from website: Red Dragonfly Theatre Productions strives to bring stories from the East and Far East to the British and European stage. Working in collaboration with Grist to the Mill Productions we have now started on a three year programme to bring three classic Chinese stories to the West – The Autumn of Han, […]
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Wu Chi-Tsung is interested in how images are made and seen. Landscape, nature and the urban environment feature in his work and the themes are central to the national Recalibrate programme. Although his early influences come from painting, specifically Eastern shan sui works and Western Watercolour landscapes, his powerful work is often realised through video, […]
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Cast member as BC, Nguyen & Sam in ‘Taking Flight’ Eugenia trained at the Actors’ Temple & CityLit, before continuing her development with the London Group Theatre & the salon:collective. Theatre credits include: ‘The Tempest’ (Cockpit Theatre); ‘Foreign Goods Last Forever’ (Theatre503); ’Acts of Defiance’ (Theatre503 & Clapham Omnibus); ‘The 38th Parallel’ (Park Theatre – […]
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Cast member as Ben, Ravi & Ensemble in ‘Taking Flight’ Michael trained at the Birmingham School of Acting (BA Hons). Television includes: Trong Tri in CATHERINE TATE’S NAN (Tiger Aspect for the BBC); Bo Li in DCI BANKS Series 5 (Left Bank Pictures for ITV); and Quan in HOOTEN AND THE LADY (Red Planet for […]
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When BC returns to Singapore for her father’s funeral she finds he had been living a double life, and now her brother has inherited the lot it looks like a case of like father like son. How traditions and tragedies can leave you with a share of absolutely nothing. Joan and her husband Brian live […]
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A puppet fanatic since 8 years old. For ten years in 1980’s John was deputy-director, maker and performer at The Little Angel Theatre in London, Britain’s most famous puppet theatre. Toured to international festivals in Europe, U.S.A., Scandinavia, Japan, Malaysia and China where he saw the best of contemporary and traditional world puppet theatre. Worked […]
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Information from www.WillTang.co.uk. That Will Tang has got the blues goes without question. But that’s only a fraction of the story; with a six-album career and an international reputation as a harmonica maestro, audiences and critics from across the genre boundaries are singing his praises. The simple fact is Will Tang is a roots musician, […]
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Information from www.xuefeiyang.com Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Hailed as a musical pioneer – her fascinating journey began after the Cultural Revolution, a period where Western musical instruments and music were banned. Xuefei was the first-ever guitarist in China to enter a music school, and became the first […]
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Her Mum might be Chinese Vietnamese but Emily is as British as… well as British as Ketchup. A humorous look at identity and just what food can say about us. Sammy was born and raised in Longsight, Manchester to a Vietnamese Chinese family. She graduated from the University College of London this year and has […]
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Information taken from www.edpien.com. Ed Pien is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. He has been making art for over early 30 years. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of eleven. Pien has shown extensively, both nationally and internationally, in venues that include the Drawing Centre, NYC: […]
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