Blue Dragon

One of my classes in London is a Theatre course. We went to our first play on Wednesday night, The Blue Dragon by Robert Lapage. The play was staged in the Barbican Theatre in central London. I think that most of the class was a bit ambivalent about the theatre experience. Most of us had only seen student theatre or popular musicals, "real" theatre was a bit foreign to all of us. Blue Dragon was a bit of an intimidating, but also wonderful introduction to theatre in London. Blue Dragon is the story of a French-Canadian ex-pat living in China and his relationship with his ex-wife as well as his involvement with an up and coming artist. The play uses English, French, and Mandarin to tell the story, with subtitles of course. The play gets rave reviews in the daily papers. The spectacle of the show is enough to keep you glued to your seat for 2 hours. The play uses projection images and lots of interesting technical tricks to drive the plot of a rather slow moving play. I definitely recommend catching this show, especially if you want an introduction to the relationship between the west and China.All in all it was a great experience!

A scene from The Blue Dragon.