abstractSynopsis:
The play adapts Shakespeare's bloodiest work, Titus Andronicus to stage the playwright's concern at interpretations and positions regarding violence and revenge. It also displays a conversation between the past and the present concerning the same issue. Titus, a Roman general and his four sons (his twenty one sons died in the battle field) return to Rome with victory. He is then engaged in political wrestling and revenge cycle (his sons were killed and daughter was raped);the revenge ends at a feast where Titus performs the act of vengeance. Titus, Tamora, Lavinia and Aaron, each describes the story based on their positions and roles and thus exhibit different interpretations and perceptions concerning revenge before audience. The stage is designed as a T-form runway where characters perform in masks and fancy costumes. Actors' necks, hands and feet are wrapped in black and white blankets;their movement imitates that of the puppets and robots. Ying Wei-min from The Binder, granny Barbie and puppeteers play as narrators to articulate third-person perspective in the performance.