The Making of The Monkey Queen - Volume Three

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The Monkey Queen - 猴媓
A new theatre play written by Diana Tso and directed by William Yong

A Journey to the East - Reality crosses the border with an ancient legend through the female perspective of the warrior in a fantastical landscape close to home.

In THE MONKEY QUEEN, the ancient mythology of the Monkey King in Wu Cheng’En’s Journey to the West has been re-envisioned through the playwright’s own heritage. In this modern version, The Monkey Queen is born in Canada and travels East towards China in search of her identity.

World Premiere
November 16th to December 2nd 2018

Red Snow Collective
Playwright . Diana Tso
Director . William Yong
Cast . Nick Eddie and Diana Tso
Music Composer & Sound Designer . Nick Storring and Brandon Valdivia
Lighting Designer . Rebecca Picherack
Projection Designer . Elysha Poirier
Costume Designer . Robin Fisher
Choreographer . William Yong
Scenic Designer . William Yong
Production Manager & Set Builder . James Kendal
Stage Manager . Neha Ross
Publicist . Ashley Belmer

Venue: The Theatre Centre Incubator for Live Arts–
1115 Queen Street West, Toronto

redsnowcollective.ca

The Monkey Queen is generously supported by Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council & Canada Council for the Arts.

Theatre critics hailed The Monkey Queen as:

“Diana Tso plays the Monkey Queen with a steely energy that is compelling. She is diminutive and fierce. She flips through the air and negotiates the levels of the set with ease. She also conveys the urgency of the Monkey Queen’s journey and determination to complete it.”
“...I couldn’t help but be aware of the contrast to the diminutive dynamo of Diana Tso and the tall, graceful elegance of Nicholas Eddie...His (Eddie's) gracefulness is jaw dropping. His arms flowing back and forth behind him look like feathers floating on a breeze.”
“The production is directed and choreographed by William Yong and it is wonderful...William Yong has such economy in his direction and creates such vivid images, the Shaman woman in a white shawl becoming the polar bear being one image, that you keep shaking your head in disbelief and the artistry of it all.”
Lynn Slotkin – Lynn Slotkin & The Slotkin Letter (slotkinletter.com
)

“...an hour of intriguing and visually exciting theatre.”
“(Eddie's) interactions with Tso are fascinating...The size difference allows for some intriguing physical acting and places interesting demands on Tso’s acting.”
John Gilks - Opera Ramblings (operaramblings.blog)

“...a quietly subversive play...Tso and Eddie strip down their storytelling process to the bare bones of make-believe.”
“William Yong’s directing and choreography serve as ballast to this universe without rules. His moves, hypnotic in their strangeness, mirror his openness to playing with abrupt transitions, longer scenes, and the difference in size between his actors to lend the work an auteur’s touch.”
Trevor Abes – Mooney On Theatre (mooneyontheatre.com
)

“...wondrous, enchanting, multidisciplinary...The effect is magical...this is storytelling at its fantastic, imaginative best.”
“The performances are playful and brave, with a mischievous edge; sculpted with supple, powerful and expressive movement—all tempered with a sense of gravitas in the face of insight, enlightenment and penance.
“From the moment you set foot in the Incubator space, you feel transported to a place outside of time and space. The haunting, otherworldly music (composers Nick Storring and Brandon Valdivia) echoes like the sound of the spheres—soothing, hypnotic and mysterious...”
Cathy McKim - Life with more cowbell (lifewithmorecowbell.com
)

“The Monkey Queen springs to life...is a warrior of immense strength and is equipped for speed...prances with lightness and grace, all the while telling her story.”
“...more than usual willing suspension of disbelief...”
Susan Walker – Susan Walker Arts Blog (susanwalkerartsblog.com
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Poster credits:
Poster photo by David Hou
Poster design by Elysha Poirier

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