WHERE ARE
YOU FROM?

Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin as part of Young Curators Festival and remounted at Dublin Theatre Festival's Tent, Electric Picnic Festival, 2019

"Where are you from?" is a common question, but its connotations and answers are often complicated. Through confession, movement and interviews with their father, Choy-Ping Clarke-Ng 吳彩萍 explores this, as someone who speaks only English, likes to dance and is looking for home.

Video available on request

Roles: Writer, Co-Director, Performer, Set, Costume and Video Design

"The production fizzes with talent… the stage thrillingly transforms from a neatly mysterious apartment into a wild and sometimes inhospitable nightlife.”
- Chris McCormack, Musings In Intermissions

"Thought provoking and at times humorous… She has articulated well the complexities of the answer.”
- No More Workhorse

Team

Writer, Co-Director, Performer, Set, Costume and Video Design: Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng 吳彩萍

Co-Director: Grace Morgan

Performer: Chi Wai Ng 吳子威

Production and Stage Management: Sophie Coote

Lighting Design: Ferdy Emmet

Sound Design: Lara Gallagher

Set Assistant: Natasha Duffy

Photography of Ireland in Video Design: Chi Wai Ng 吳子威

Publicity Photography: Isaac Harris

Photography and Video Documentation: Hannah McAteer

Electric Picnic Stage Manager: Laoise Murray

With thanks to: Cliff Barraghy, Mick Canney, Owen Clarke, Jun-Ling Clarke-Ng, DU Players, Aoife Daly, Robyn Gill, Martha Knight, Emily Long, National Truck Rental, CN Smith, Smock Alley and the Young Curators

Previously presented as a work-in-progress at Smock Alley’s Scene + Heard Festival 2019