衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

Integration is a very complicated issue in the current multicultural society. Ranging from large groups such as ethnic and cultural groups to small groups in schools and companies, we face the problem of "how to get along" every day. In what ways should we coexist in all these different "relationships"? How should we tolerate, consider, and understand?

Through a fable of two ethnic groups living together, this play hopes to provide a platform for parents and children to hold discussions, whether superficially or in-depth. A child's world may be relatively simple, but the understanding of "individual and group" and "minority and majority" is a very important experience in their growth and development.

The armadillo father and son enjoyed the exhibition "The Bubble Tea Incident", which displayed many odd objects, including housing models of the "New Utopia" residential area, huge bags, huge muzzles, some slideshows, and documentaries. It seemed like the incidents that happened before Little Armadillo was born were related to Father Armadillo. Little Armadillo thought his father's "legendary animal friends" were bad people, but unexpectedly, Father Armadillo told a different version of the history.

After fleeing from the natural disaster, the homeless Utopia Zoo clan arrived at the Armadillo Kingdom and pleaded for the King to take them in. In order to gain permanent residency, they tried hard to express their goodwill, hoping to impress the King. In return, the King also responded kindly and offered them jobs. However, to ensure the safety of the people of the Armadillo Kingdom, the Utopia Zoo clan has to follow some "rules." Everything seemed to end up being perfect until an incident happened in front of the bubble tea shop. One day, after the Utopia Zoo clan finished their grueling day's work, they thought of having a cup of the sweet bubble tea to soothe their weariness. However, a misunderstanding panicked the people of the Armadillo Kingdom, which eventually lead to the clan's death…

  Creative and Production Team  

Producer｜Weslee CHUANG

Director｜SHIH Pei-yu

Text｜CHOU Jung-shih

Illustrator｜Ghislaine HERBÉRA

Music Design｜WANG Yu-jun

Lighting Design｜TSENG Yen-ting

Set Design｜CHUNG I-fang

Puppet Design｜CHEN Chia-hao

Puppet Painting｜OU Chia-jui

Motion Design｜CHANG Ya-yuan

Video Designer｜Huang Yong-hsin

Costume Designer｜LEE Kuan-ying, LIN Hsin

Cast｜YU Ming-chu, PON Hao-chin, CHEN Chia-hao, LIU Hsiang, CHIU Cheng-wei

Voice Actor｜WU Yi-rong

Stage Management｜LIN Dai-jung

Program Manager｜Cordelia YANG

  Team Introduction  

Flying Group Theatre was founded by SHIH Pei-yu in May of 2004 .In Chinese ,the name "flying group" is the homonym for "non-human," which represents puppetry, while also implies the place in which the artists who "fly" around freely in the theatre gather together. 

As Flying  Group Theatre, the company focused on puppetry as the main element of creation by bringing actors and puppets together on stage and employing its performing space. The company's work was nominated for the Taishin Art Award numerous times and has been invited to perform in art festivals in Taiwan, Beijing, Netherlands, and Singapore. Flying Group Theatre sets its production specifications as "Using a spirit of cultural plurality to produce / create small-scale performing artworks that challenge traditional viewing distance." In addition to modern puppet shows, the Theatre also invites creators from different fields to release new works. Important recent works include the conceptual exhibition project Vive La Vie in 2015 and The Dark Light in 2019. Starting from 2010 until now, the Theatre has been planning the Close to YOU International Performing Object Festival.

Special thanks｜MANLOY

Sponsor｜MANLOY 

The production was supported by Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government's 2019 Performing Arts Project

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