Killing a Lamb

杀死一只羊

Luxelakes Environmental Theatre Week, Chengdu/Nanjing Youth Theatre Festival

Experimental/Physical Theatre

Playwright &Director: Hongchang Xu
Actor: Naiyu Kang &Lili Yang
Producer: Jennifer Nan Dong

Visual Designer:Jango Cai
Typography
&Poster Designer: Zhexi Feng

Sound Designer: jiN

Date: Apr, 23-30, 2023;
May 01-02, 2023  (Chengdu);
Nov, 13,2024(Nanjing);
Duration: 40-60 mins

Killing a Lamb is an experimental theatre with elements including kung fu, Miao( an ethnic minority of China) songs and dances, etc. This work explores the alienation of humanity during extreme circumstances, and insinuates the absurdity and dehumanization that happened in a totalitarian system. The script of the work was published by the creative writing collective, BAD INFLUENCE, in 2023.

《杀死一只羊》讲述了一个小兽医因为疏忽,害死一只小羊的故事。在小兽医记忆的闪回中,他讲述了自己鸡飞狗跳的生活,以及他是如何在沉重的工作负担下,把生命看作数字,走向异化的。生命一旦失去就无可挽回但良心不是;小兽医的自罪心理代表了他人性的一面一一只要我们还能反思,还把生命看作生命,那么我们就还是有救的。本剧年受麓湖环境戏剧周邀请,于2023年4、5月在成都进行演出;本剧中、英剧本亦于同年9月由BAD INFLUENCE出版

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