Performance | Forum Theatertreffen 1965–2025
Made in China 2.0
By Wang Chong (IF 2013), Beijing, co-created with Emma Valente
Made in China 2.0 © Wang Zixuan
Wang Chong gets probably more around than any other Chinese theatre director, being a global nomad who, while stopping off in Berlin, presents a moving play that is also an artistic manifesto.
We can’t really tell you what this show is about. Why the mystery? Well, we can’t really tell you that either. So, what can we tell you? We can tell you that this performance is an intimate and unexpected solo about creative risk-taking. Wang Chong finds himself alone on stage presenting a personal manifesto about making art at home and abroad: a performance with as many questions as answers.
“Made in China 2.0” is not only an illuminating portrait of family and popular culture; it is also a moving examination of the role of the artist and provocateur in uncertain times.
This work premiered in Boston in 2023 and has had more than 60 performances in countries on six continents.
Artistic Team
Wang Chong – Text, Co-Director
Emma Valente – Co-Director, Production Designer
Emma Lockhart Wilson – Co-Production Designer
Mark Pritchard – Dramaturgy
Justin Gardam – Stage Manager
Edwin Cheah – Touring Production Management
Blair Hart – Production Management
With
Originally commissioned and produced by Malthouse Theatre Melbourne and sponsored by The Playking Foundation and Asia TOPA. Special thanks to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (Harvard Radcliffe Institute) and Safemuse.