Scenes from a Repatriation Tickets

The world premiere of Scenes from a Repatriation by Joel Tan, the recipient of the Jerwood New Playwright accolade, comes to the Royal Court Theatre. Book Scenes from a Repatriation tickets on London Theatre.

Scenes from a Repatriation is a play that tells the tale of the 1000-year-old statue of the Boddhisattva Guan Yin. When the truth emerges that the statue was stolen from its home and brought to The British Museum, the museum tries to fend off the intense response from the public and the Chinese government’s repatriation claims. The impactful play tells of the statue’s travels from China to Britain and then back to China once again.

As Royal Court artistic director David Byrne said of the play, “[it] has a cast of over 40 characters, none of whom appear in more than a single scene, in fact the only consistent character throughout is that statue.”

Scenes from a Repatriation in London stars Kaja Chan (The 47th, Old Vic), Aidan Cheng (The Good Person of Szechwan, Lyric Hammersmith), Jon Chew (Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre), Fiona Hampton (The Forsyte Saga, Park Theatre), Robin Khor Yong Kuan (Bat Night Market, Science Gallery London) and Sky Yang (Last Days, The Gotham Group and Perfect Storm Entertainment).

Singaporean playwright Joel Tan wrote this play. Among his projects, No Particular Order ran at Theatre503. He was also nominated for Best Original Script by The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards in 2017 for his play Cafe and in 2018 for his play Tango.

The play’s talented creative team includes directors emma + pj (Ghosts of the Near Future, Barbican Centre), designer TK Hay (Mayflies, York Theatre Royal), lighting designer Alex Fernandes (Paradise Now!, Bush Theatre), sound designer Patch Middleton (Radiant Boy, Southwark Playhouse) and movement director Ken Nakajima (Word-Play, Royal Court).