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An Illusion that Mirrors a Dream

The Storytelling of Stan Lai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2021

Chiayi Seetoo
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Abstract

Director and playwright Stan Lai premiered his marathon play Ago in Shanghai at the end of 2019. Staged in his signature “lotus pond” theatre-in-the-surround, Ago is fueled by Lai’s cross-cultural sensibilities and Buddhist philosophy. If theatre is an art of illusion-making and life is like a dream, Lai turns theatre-going into a ritual of self-encounter and self-reflection, where an illusion mirrors a dream.

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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , June 2021 , pp. 106 - 130
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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