SO THAT YOU MAY GO

BEYOND THE SEA

by Joey Jepps and Gabriele Uboldi

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Camden People's Theatre

2-3- 4 May, 9:00pm

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Meet real-life partners Joey and Gabs. This is a show about the show they never made. The true story of how a 1904 opera caused the breakdown of their relationship.

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A Japanese stewardess and a British pilot walk onto a plane. 25 years later, their son Joey is thinking of ending things with his Italian boyfriend. Turning to his parents’ interracial relationship for guidance, he embarks on a journey to connect with his roots. But as Joey learns more about his family, a pattern begins to emerge: the notes of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly underscore a century of Asian misrepresentation, orientalism, and exoticisation.

 

Connecting Milan to Nagasaki, Hong Kong to London, SO THAT YOU MAY GO BEYOND THE SEA is an irreverent look at the stories that shape us, whether we like it or not.

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SO THAT YOU MAY GO BEYOND THE SEA is the full-length show developed as part of THE BUTTERFLY PROJECT.

 

Photo by Jack Sain.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. With special thanks to Kakilang, Omnibus Theatre, and Theatre Deli.