BOUND FEET BLUES
by Yang-May Ooi
Featured on BBC Radio 4 MidWeek
"A warm, genuine narrative" The Stage
★★★★1/2 “Engaging, eye-opening, funny and moving" The Public Reviews
★★★★ “Beautifully performed and directed" Everything Theatre
In an epic journey from China via East Asia and Australia to England, British-Malaysian writer-performer Yang-May Ooi explores female empowerment and desirability through the oral histories of three generations of her family and the shoes in her life. Yang-May uses the ancient Chinese tradition of footbinding experienced by her great-grandmother as a metaphor to investigate her search for her sexual identity.
This powerful, humorous and moving solo performance returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre after its sold-out showcase last year.
Director Jessica Higgs
Writer and Performer Yang-May Ooi
Set & Lighting Designer Hua Tan
Costume Designer Carol Alayne
Producer Eldarin Yeong
Production Manager Crin Claxton
Graphic Designer Tong Zhao & Eldarin Yeong
Videographer Claudia Rochar
PR & Marketing Helen Lewis
Photographer Sheila Burnett
www.tristanbatestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/bound-feet-blues
PERFORMANCES
2015
Dates: 19 Nov - 12 Dec at 7:30pm
Venue: Tristan Bates Theatre
2014
Date: 13 Oct at 8:00pm
Venue: Tristan Bates Theatre
