Twisted Roots Festival

Over two nights, seven British East and Southeast Asian (BESEA) artists will showcase work-in-progress extracts, a result of their involvement in New Earth Theatre’s 30th Anniversary Incubator.

All pieces incorporate an ESEA heritage performance artform into a contemporary British theatre context. They have been developed in collaboration with seven venues across the country to provide this cohort of BESEA artists with support to develop their practice.

The artist sharing their work are:

Aya Nakamura with Akutagawa hosted by Camden People’s Theatre
Alisha + Alysha with Mahsuri hosted by New Diorama Theatre
Dragonboiz (cabaret collective) hosted by Pleasance Theatre
Jasmine Teo with Ahma and Louise hosted by Mercury Theatre
Crossroads (Grace Waga Glevey, Yanni Ng, and Haley Yiu) with Pamana hosted by The Sheffield Theatre
Lumen Hirata Smith, Isabella So and Georgia Murphy with Not That Asian hosted by Contact Manchester
Phoebe Chan with Drifting hosted by Theatre in the Mill