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An Illusion that Mirrors a Dream: The Storytelling of Stan Lai
- TDR: The Drama Review
- Cambridge University Press
- Volume 65, Number 2, Summer 2021 (T250)
- pp. 106-130
- Article
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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 selfencounter and self-reflection, where an illusion mirrors a dream.