2005 Portrait of Love

Premiere: National Experimental Theater, 2005 New Idea Theater Festival

A story adapted from writer Yuan Yu-ling's "West House Story" from late Ming Dynasty. The 4 acts: "Meeting at the West House", "Opening the Letter", "Waiting in the boat", "Dream Misled" tell a short-lived love, like a meteor streaking through the night sky, short but bright! Artist Shy Gong got inspired by the truck and Mongolian tent and designed a “Love Camion” for the play. The setting of the house, the studio and the boat cabin are all shown and switched in this camion. The puppet and personage appear on the same stage, which seems like a farce, but vividly illustrates the anxiety and powerlessness of the characters. Intriguing and sad.