British Chinese playwright Ben Yeoh’s new play NAKAMITSU, in London

British Chinese playwright (and behavioural neuroscientist) Benjamin Yeoh has a new play, NAKAMITSU,  at The Gate Theatre in London from Thursday 24th May to Saturday 16th June.

I was lucky enough to catch his previous, excellent play Yellow Gentleman, in 2006 at The Oval, which was directed by Bronwyn Lim. A quirky set, sharp direction and crisp, clever dialogue are things that I remember from that.

If you’re a blogger and you visit Benjamin’s blog, you can request free tickets for the night of Tuesday 29th May. More info on the play below:

The Gate Theatre presents
NAKAMITSU
in a new version by Benjamin Yeoh
24 May – 16 June

Directed by Jonathan Munby & Michael Ashcroft
Design by Mike Britton
Lighting by Hartley T A Kemp
Sound by Paul Arditti
Original Music Composed & Performed by Ansuman Biswas
Cast Peter Bankolé, Matthew Burgess, Richard Clews & Daniel Williams

Ignited by a sudden act of violence, Nakamitsu must make a choice: love versus honour. From the shadows of a seedy underworld, his story unfolds. East and West collide in a startling new version of this classic Noh play, often attributed to Zeami. Benjamin Yeoh’s adaptation of Nakamitsu is a modern ensemble piece performed with live music by Ansuman Biswas.

Nakamitsu is winner of the Gate Theatre & Oberon Books Translation Award 2006. This award was set up to encourage and reward the vital contribution translation and adaptation makes to international theatre. The judges for the 2006 award were Samuel Adamson (playwright and translator), Penny Black (playwright and translator), Jack Bradley (former literary manager of the National Theatre), Simon Callow (actor, writer, director), Christopher Hampton (director, writer and translator), Nell Leyshon (playwright), and Jatinder Verma (Artistic Director of Tara Arts).

Press Night 30 May at 7:30pm
Performances 24 May – 16 June
Mon– Thurs at 7:30pm, Fri 7:00pm & 9:00pm, Sat 5:00pm & 7:30pm
Tickets Full Price £15, Concessions £10 (full-time students, over 60’s, equity members, unemployed – subject to availability)
Happy Mondays A limited number of seats are pay what you can on the door
Box Office 020 7229 0706

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