HOME X at the barbican
Dance performance meets cutting edge technology in this live show combining theatre, music, gaming and VR technology created with artists in London and Hong Kong.
Mythological yet futuristic, HOME X is a visually stunning virtual world connecting performers in Hong Kong and London in real-time using depth-sensing cameras which capture 3D video.
Exploring themes of roots and belonging, destruction and renewal, this ground-breaking experimental performance features live music, dance and moving real-life testimony of home and migration. Audiences can discover a virtual land inhabited by magical creatures through a panoramic 270-degree projection.
Featuring an original live electronic music score by An-Ting 安婷 in the UK, with opera singer Colette Lam performing soprano in Hong Kong, and live break dance by choreographers Si Rawlinson in the UK and Suen Nam in Hong Kong.
Kakilang (formerly Chinese Arts Now) are an award-winning organisation who produce work pioneering multi-disciplinary artforms from a wide spectrum of Southeast and East Asian voices. HOME X is co-produced by Kakilang and their Hong Kong partner, Don't Believe in Style.
Digital Experience
Lovers of digital gaming can explore the visually stunning metaverse of HOME X in the online experience that will run in parallel to live performances in the Pit theatre. Audiences can take the ultimate side quest and delve deeper into the magical environment from the comfort of their homes.
HOME X Digital is an interactive online performance that explores the meaning of home incorporating moving real-life testimony from migrant communities. Audiences will be an integral part of the live show, contributing to the story by planting seeds, cutting trees and interacting with the live performers.
Performance dates at the Barbican
Tue 21–Sat 25 Feb 2023 (7 performances)
The Pit, Barbican & Online
UK time: 7.30pm, 2pm on Thu 23 Feb and Sat 25 Feb 2023
Credit
HOME X is co-produced by Kakilang (formerly Chinese Arts Now) and their Hong Kong partner, Don't Believe in Style and co-commissioned by Cambridge Junction, Oxford Contemporary Music and York Theatre Royal. The work is supported by StoryFutures and The Space, originally commissioned by British Council Hong Kong.
Creative Team
Conceived by An-Ting Chang, Ian Gallagher and Donald Shek
Directed and Composed by An-Ting Chang
Creative Technology by Ian Gallagher
3D Design by Donald Shek
Experience Design by Henry Lam
Costume Design by Christine Ting - Huan 挺歡 Urquhart
Choreographers/Dancers: Si Rawlinson (UK), Suen Nam (HK)
Soprano: Colette Wing Wing Lam
Dramaturg: Daniel York Loh
Actor Consultant: Mia Foo
Hong Kong Director: Dino Fung
Hong Kong Producers: Henry Lam, Fo Liu
Game Developers: Ian Gallagher (lead), Toshi Wong, Logan Lee
Production Team
Community Producer: Katrina Man
UK Marketing Manager: Sandy Wan
UK Administration Manager: Apollonia Bauer
UK Production Manager: Hannah Blamire