Vivien and her shadows

Vivien and her Shadows is a six channel composition made for this stunning stage show created for the three different Viviens in Tennesee Williams’  A Street Car Named Desire

conceived and directed by Ong Keng Sen,

music made by Matthews using the timeline of Alex North’ soundtrack as score, combined with vinyl manipulations of 50’s dance musics and field recordings from Shanghai, Singapore and Folkestone.

  produced in collaboration with

Burlesque artist Julie Atlas-Muz (New York City),

Performance artist Charlotte Engelkes   (Stockholm),

Actress Karen Kandel (New York City),

Film maker Brian Gothong Tan (Singapore)

Lighting designer Scott Zielenski (New York City)

Script writer Chay Yew

 

Investigating methods of human survival and the art of copying in traditional Eastern Opera, Dance, Theatre and Music  through a close inspection of sexuality, copyright law and Vivien Leigh being Blanche duBois, the company made a weeks workshop in Edinburgh, a month’s workshop at 72-13, Singapore and premiered the work at the Asian New Theatre Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 21.10.08