During the last ten years, theater director Wang Chong has been staging Ibsen, Lao She, Beckett, and Camus, among other writers. His critical and political approach leads up to the Online Theater Manifesto in 2020. What is the link between the masterpieces and the current world? What is the truth behind the myth of the canon? And what is the boundary between the history and the contemporary?
Wang Chong is the founder of Beijing-based performance group Théâtre du Rêve Expérimental. He is the most internationally commissioned Chinese theater director. His works have been performed in 20 countries. Wang’s productions include: The Warfare of Landmine 2.0 (2013 Festival/Tokyo Award), Lu Xun (2016 Beijing News Best Chinese Performance), Teahouse 2.0, (2018 One Drama Awards Best Little Theater Work), Waiting for Godot (live online performance with 290,000 audience), and The Plague (live online performance with artists working from 6 continents). He is currently touring his solo show Made in China 2.0 and working on a documentary film. He is a 2013 Asian Cultural Council fellow, a 2020 Harvard Radcliffe fellow, and a 2022 Safemuse artist.