Thursday 19th May 2022
Be Part Of (UK Premiere)
— The Trinity CentreBe Part Of is an explorative theatre performance led by Monika Truong asking whose voices are heard and represented in our society
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Be Part Of by Monika Truong
I am free,
A free individual,
Free member of society.
I know the access, the secret terms,
I identify with them.
When do you feel like you are part of a community? Whose voices are heard and represented in our society? When does individual desire give way to the need for consensus?
Be Part of is an explorative theatre performance that invites you to reflect on the complexity of our identities. In three acts, we confront our own responsibility, play with the desire for freedom and belonging, and last, but not least, start a movement.
We question the norm,
We dissolve, form, transform,
We keep moving.
We are all,
ourselves.
“…a space in which the audience could question their assumptions about what constitutes community and how it should govern itself” Audience Member
“It's a great piece and I love how much it asks of the audience” Audience Member
Age guidance: all ages
Running time: 90 mins
Performance Schedule
19th - 21st May, 7:30pm
Credits
soundcloud.com/maykithappen/monika-truong
Concept & direction Monika Truong
Spatial staging Stefan Wülser
Performance Marque Pham, Minh Duc Pham, Trân Tran
Light & Sound Robert Meyer
A production by Monika Truong and the association Overseas in co-production with the Gessnerallee. Supported by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb, Migros Kulturprozent Zürich, Paul Schiller Stiftung, Pro Helvetia, SOkultur Lotteriefonds Kanton Solothurn.
Monika Truong
Monika Truong is a sinologist, sociologist and theatre professional based in Zurich. She combines different disciplines and perspectives, draws from personal experience in order to artistically work on the phenomena of our time. Her academic training shapes her understanding of the cultural heritage of communities. Her Chinese-Vietnamese origins, her Asian appearance as well as her socialization and everyday life in Switzerland complement and sharpen her perspective. In her theatre work, she focuses on interpersonal relationships, on what connects or separates people in social interactions. She stages participatory performances, which deal with the asymmetry of social possibilities and power relations and show alternatives to today’s reality. Her work “Enjoy Racism” (together with Thom Reinhard) in coproduction with the Fabriktheater Zürich and ROXY Birsfelden was shown in 2018 at the festivals Impulse in Mühlheim an der Ruhr and Politik im Freie Theater in Munich, where it was awarded the festival prize. She participated in the virtual residency programme of Pro Helvetia UK, which was hosted by MAYK. Since 2020 Monika Truong has been an associate artist at Gessnerallee Zurich who co-produce her work. Her show “Be Part Of” premiered in September 2021. Currently, she is working on “Motherhood – A Performance Evaluation” which will premiere in April 2022.
@monikatruong
Attendees of Friday's performance of Be Part Of are invited to join a post-show discussion entitled Resistance & Utopia – Creating better ways to be creative
If our each of our individual creativity is to be encouraged to flourish, what do we need to get there? Join Bristol’s Edson Burton and Rachael Clerke in discussion with Monika Truong to explore how we might start to create better circumstances in which creativity can thrive. What is the impact of housing, childcare, working conditions on our creativity and how can we bring about positive change? Part of Trinity’s Art of Resistance programme.
I am free,
A free individual,
Free member of society.
I know the access, the secret terms,
I identify with them.
When do you feel like you are part of a community? Whose voices are heard and represented in our society? When does individual desire give way to the need for consensus?
Be Part of is an explorative theatre performance that invites you to reflect on the complexity of our identities. In three acts, we confront our own responsibility, play with the desire for freedom and belonging, and last, but not least, start a movement.
We question the norm,
We dissolve, form, transform,
We keep moving.
We are all,
ourselves.
“…a space in which the audience could question their assumptions about what constitutes community and how it should govern itself” Audience Member
“It's a great piece and I love how much it asks of the audience” Audience Member
Age guidance: all ages
Running time: 90 mins
Performance Schedule
19th - 21st May, 7:30pm
Credits
soundcloud.com/maykithappen/monika-truong
Concept & direction Monika Truong
Spatial staging Stefan Wülser
Performance Marque Pham, Minh Duc Pham, Trân Tran
Light & Sound Robert Meyer
A production by Monika Truong and the association Overseas in co-production with the Gessnerallee. Supported by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb, Migros Kulturprozent Zürich, Paul Schiller Stiftung, Pro Helvetia, SOkultur Lotteriefonds Kanton Solothurn.
Monika Truong
Monika Truong is a sinologist, sociologist and theatre professional based in Zurich. She combines different disciplines and perspectives, draws from personal experience in order to artistically work on the phenomena of our time. Her academic training shapes her understanding of the cultural heritage of communities. Her Chinese-Vietnamese origins, her Asian appearance as well as her socialization and everyday life in Switzerland complement and sharpen her perspective. In her theatre work, she focuses on interpersonal relationships, on what connects or separates people in social interactions. She stages participatory performances, which deal with the asymmetry of social possibilities and power relations and show alternatives to today’s reality. Her work “Enjoy Racism” (together with Thom Reinhard) in coproduction with the Fabriktheater Zürich and ROXY Birsfelden was shown in 2018 at the festivals Impulse in Mühlheim an der Ruhr and Politik im Freie Theater in Munich, where it was awarded the festival prize. She participated in the virtual residency programme of Pro Helvetia UK, which was hosted by MAYK. Since 2020 Monika Truong has been an associate artist at Gessnerallee Zurich who co-produce her work. Her show “Be Part Of” premiered in September 2021. Currently, she is working on “Motherhood – A Performance Evaluation” which will premiere in April 2022.
@monikatruong
Attendees of Friday's performance of Be Part Of are invited to join a post-show discussion entitled Resistance & Utopia – Creating better ways to be creative
If our each of our individual creativity is to be encouraged to flourish, what do we need to get there? Join Bristol’s Edson Burton and Rachael Clerke in discussion with Monika Truong to explore how we might start to create better circumstances in which creativity can thrive. What is the impact of housing, childcare, working conditions on our creativity and how can we bring about positive change? Part of Trinity’s Art of Resistance programme.
