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  • Title: We are Refugees (

    Geography: Europe > Southern Europe > Malta

    Year: 2018

    Produced by:

    Creative Team: Azzopardi, Mario Philip | Director and libretto – Opera

    Synopsis: Aħna Refuġjati (“We are Refugees”) recounts the challenges faced by a Syrian family forced to flee civil war—crossing borders, confronting racism and the denial of basic rights, and enduring separation, hunger, loss, and life in refugee camps—while still holding onto brief moments of love and hope for a safer future.

    Source: https://timesofmalta.com/article/refugee-themed-opera-to-premiere-on-friday.687843

  • Title: Asylum Monologues

    Geography: Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom

    Year: 2006

    Produced by:

    Creative Team: Linden, Sonja and Bacon, Christine | Script

    Synopsis: A testimony-based script built from first-hand accounts of the UK asylum system. The script is updated regularly and can be adapted for events with particular focus areas (e.g., children in the asylum system, access to health care).

    Source: https://iceandfire.co.uk/project/asylum-monologues/

  • Title: Asylum Dialogues

    Geography: Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom

    Year: 2008

    Produced by:

    Creative Team: Linden, Sonja and Bacon, Christine | Script

    Synopsis: Drawn from real-life conversations between three pairs of friends—one an asylum seeker and the other a British citizen—the script focuses on how their encounters produce mutual, positive transformation and models practical acts of welcome.

    Source: https://iceandfire.co.uk/project/asylum-dialogues/

  • Title: Bahok

    Geography: Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom

    Year: 2008

    Produced by:

    Creative Team: Khan, Akram | Choreographer – Contemporary Dance

    Synopsis: Set in a fictional airport waiting room, Bahok follows a shifting ensemble of travelers whose intertwined stories reveal how people collide, connect, and pass through liminal spaces. The work blends contemporary dance and theatre to explore transit, identity, and the fragile communities formed while waiting.

    Source: https://desingel.be/en/programme/dance/akram-khan-company-nationaal-ballet-van-china-bahok ; https://www.akramkhancompany.net/productions/bahok/

  • Title: Balkan Baroque

    Geography: Europe > Southern Europe > Italy

    Year: 1997

    Produced by:

    Creative Team: Abramovic, Marina | Performance

    Synopsis: A durational performance created for the Venice Biennale in which Abramović repeatedly scrubs a mound of bloodied cow bones while singing and recounting stories—an allegorical meditation on war, violence, guilt, and the impossibility of cleansing collective trauma.

    Source: https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/marina-abramovic-balkan-baroque ; https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/243/3132

  • Title: The 52 Live

    Geography: Americas > Northern America > Canada

    Year: 2025

    Produced by: Museum of Toronto
    Presented by The Luminato Festival

    Creative Team: Evalyn Parry Co-Creators: Evalyn Parry and Shawn Kerwin | Director: Evalyn Parry Co-Creators: Evalyn Parry and Shawn Kerwin

    Synopsis: Hidden in archives, carved into city streets, woven through Toronto’s history—the stories of women who built this city wait to be told. They represent 52% of Toronto’s population, and in this groundbreaking performance, their voices rise to life.
    Through 52 powerful vignettes, this innovative theatrical experience celebrates the women who have shaped our city. Created by the Museum of Toronto, The 52 Live unfolds against the dramatic backdrop of the City Archives, where 24 Canadian playwrights give voice to pioneers, artists, leaders, and changemakers. (luminatofestival.com)

    Source: https://museumoftoronto.com/collection/the-52-live/

  • Title: Lady Sunrise

    Geography: Americas > Northern America > Canada

    Year: 2020

    Produced by: Factory Theatre

    Creative Team: Marjorie Chan | Playwright: Marjorie Chan Director: Nina Lee Aquino

    Synopsis: Lady Sunrise, set in Vancouver’s glittering world of condos and casinos, is a gripping play by Marjorie Chan that exposes the cracks in the city’s wealthy Asian Canadian circles. Inspired by Cao Yu’s Sunrise, it follows six women navigating power, debt, and survival in a hyper-consumerist society. With sharp social critique and raw emotion, this play challenges audiences to reflect on the costs of ambition—especially in cities like Toronto, where the ground is slipping beneath our feet.

    Source: https://www.factorytheatre.ca/shows/lady-sunrise/

  • Title: Hilot Means Healer

    Geography: Americas > Northern America > Canada

    Year: 2019

    Produced by: Cahoots Theatre Company and Nightwood Theatre

    Creative Team: Written by: Jo Si Malaya Alcampo Direction: Jasmine Chen
    Dramaturgy: Marjorie Chan

    Synopsis: Synopsis：Hilot Means Healer is set in rural Manila during World War II and follows Manang Flor, a traditional healer, who shelters Alfredo, a wounded resistance fighter. Living with Flor is Alma, a pregnant orphan who distrusts the newcomer. As tensions rise, the trio confront personal and generational trauma rooted in war, colonialism, and Indigenous spirituality. Blending Philippine folklore with historical reality, the play explores healing, memory, and survival, illuminating the interconnectedness of land, identity, and ancestral wisdom in times of upheaval.

    Source: Source：https://theatrecentre.org/event/hilot-means-healer/

  • Title: YELLOW RABBIT

    Geography: Americas > Northern America > Canada

    Year: 2018

    Produced by: Silk Bath Collective

    Creative Team: Jasmine Chen | Playwrights: Bessie Cheng and Aaron Jan and Gloria Mok
    Director: Jasmine Chen

    Synopsis: Synopsis: Yellow Rabbit is set in a dystopian future where two Chinese individuals, Man and Woman, undergo invasive tests at a facility called Rich-Man Hill, hoping for refuge. Overseen by the controlling Mother and conflicted Child, they confront surveillance, internalized racism, and survival ethics. As secrets surface and moral tensions rise, the play explores power, marginalization, and the human cost of safety. Combining projections, multilingual dialogue, and intense performances, Yellow Rabbit critiques authoritarianism and diaspora identity in a chilling, immersive experience.

    Source: https://ttdb.ca/shows/yellow-rabbit/

  • Title: The Mother Tongue Project

    Geography: Americas > Northern America > Canada

    Year: 2021

    Produced by:

    Creative Team: Jasmine Chen
    Co- | Director: Jasmine Chen
    Co-creator: En Lai Mah

    Synopsis: Synopsis：The Mother Tongue Project is a 60-minute bilingual theatre piece exploring cultural inheritance, identity, and intergenerational trauma. Created by Jasmine Chen and En Lai Mah through interviews with their parents, the work weaves Mandarin songs, kung fu, projections, and personal histories. Chen reconnects with her heritage through music and memory, while Mah explores his lineage via martial arts. Together, they examine silence, displacement, and what it means to choose one’s cultural legacy as Chinese-Canadians in a diasporic context.

    Source: https://www.msjasminechen.com/creation