'Chinese Takeaway Performed by Anna Yen'

'Chinese Take outside(a) performed as a solo by Anna Yen, was actually in(predicate) at use images, symbols and actions to lead the earshot in a sequence to see her demeanor accounting. In this solo performance, at that place were many distinguishable components of Annas feeling that were use uped by symbols, through images and sensual theatre. Symbols much(prenominal) as the Silk River, which sensation her medieval and how she cease up evaluate it, the sound of a Gong which exclusively chimed when ever sexual abuse occurred in the story and besides her use of physical theatre to convey different situations her grand puzzle, mother and herself went through. \nThroughout Annas story she uses a long olive-drab silk cloth, which is laid crossways that stage alike(p) a river. As the story progresses the silk river becomes more(prenominal) and more typic to Annas heart story. Annas milliampere tried to send out suicide doubly in this play. She uses the silk river to try on and end her life by deceit on it and scroll or so symbolising that she is attempting to drown herself. In this scene she is in full dressed and does non succeed in her attempt. The second cartridge clip towards the end of the story she tries once again, that this time she naked. She swims in the silk river nude because on that pose is nothing separating her from her past. Anna rolls around in the river and thence slowly wraps the cloth around her bed like a knoose to convey that accompaniment that she has hung herself in a knoose of water. The river is very exemplary in transfer Annas past. other scene which is very significant in conveying Annas story by using the silk river, is when she get the better of and bashes the cloth on the floor. She does this because she is angry at her families past and the silk river killed her mother. In the end Anna came to the point where she had to accept her past. She did this by draping the cloth over her naked consistency to convey that she is pass judgment her childhood past and is not faultfinding(prenominal) of it. \nThere is the symbolic sound of a gong whic...'