La Cie Maxmind’s “Isle of Dreams”: The Dark Fantastic
about 69 months ago (08/30/2018)
La Cie Maxmind's “Isle of Dreams”: The Dark Fantastic | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Thum CC August 31, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (620 words, four-minute read) 拾念劇集 La Cie Maxmind’s Isle of Dreams ( 蓬萊) was the headlining event for the George Town Festival’s Taiwan-focused showcase this year. It is a three-hour long work of musical theatre, original in story and in language, loosely adapted from the geography and mythology detailed in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海經), a 4 th -century Chinese compendium of ancient lands and legends that is part fact and part fable. Written and directed by company founder Lee Yi-hsiu (李易修), Isle of Dreams is the second instalment in a trilogy that tells the story of various gods from different factions battling for control over a divine garden.