Jeremy Tiang

Translation of a play by Wei Yu-Chia; winner of the Taiwan Literature Prize, 2014. In seven scenes, the world ends again and again, for any number of reasons: environmental collapse, war, government incompetence, unrestrained capitalism. Navigating this chaos are a panda, a polar bear and a duck, not to mention a genetically-modified chicken and a couple of humans. How can we coax meaning and happiness out of our brief time on this dying planet? When the dust settles, only one human being is left alive in the world -- but is he blessed or cursed to have survived?

Translation of a play by Shen Wan-Ting; winner of the Taiwan Literature Prize, 2015. Nadie, a domestic worker from Indonesia, is meant to be taking care of a old woman in the Taiwanese countryside. Instead, she gets into a romance with a farm worker, and when that turns sour, she goes on the run with Granny. V-Rod, a student protestor, joins the odd couple, and the trio sets off on an absurd road trip, not entirely sure what they're going in search of. Meanwhile, the authorities are on their trail. Finally, they reach the city of Taipei, where a tragic encounter puts an end to their romp.

Translation of a play by Koh Choon Eiow and Mok Sio-Chong. Originally conceived as a Taiwan-Macau co-production. All of society meets in a casino in Macau -- a place where the fun never stops! Workers and gamblers alike strive for a better future, desperate to keep moving so they don't have to contemplate the emptiness of their existence. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau trade gambling tips, Ken and Sara struggle to keep their romance alive, and various Mr. Chans jockey for position within the hierarchy of power. We end on the rooftop of an abandoned hotel with a despairing woman, and the only place she can go is down.

Limehouse, 1958 -- the local council is planning to bulldoze the last remnants of Limehouse Chinatown. As the local community decides how to embrace this redevelopment without losing their heritage, former Limehouse resident Eileen Cunningham returns to start a revolution. Few people today know there was once a thriving Chinatown in London’s East End. Delving straight into the heart of this lost world, THE LAST DAYS OF LIMEHOUSE explodes the lurid myths of opium dens and sinister Chinese gangs, to reveal a place that was for generations of people, simply home.

Adapted from Cao Xueqin's 18th Century novel Hong Lou Meng, the most famous literary text in China's history. Two spirit beings come down to earth and are born into the same rich family -- one as the rich, favored son, the other as a poor cousin. Will they fulfill their destiny and be reunited in the mortal realm, or will worldly forces tear them apart?