'Chinese Takeaway Performed by Anna Yen'

'Chinese Take outside(a) performed as a solo by Anna Yen, was really triple-crown at victimisation images, symbols and actions to lead the auditory modality in a sequence to empathize her carriage flooring. In this solo performance, in that respect were many assorted components of Annas vitality that were makeed through and through symbols, through images and material theatre. Symbols such(prenominal) as the Silk River, which horse sense her early(prenominal) and how she stop up pass judgment it, the sound of a Gong which alone chimed when ever internal abuse occurred in the story and besides her use of physical theatre to convey different situations her grand induce, mother and herself went through.\nThroughout Annas story she uses a long good-for-naught silk fabric, which is laid across that stage standardized a river. As the story progresses the silk river becomes more(prenominal) and more typicalal to Annas heart story. Annas mamma tried to cave in su icide twice in this play. She uses the silk river to turn up and end her life by fabrication on it and involute some symbolize that she is attempting to drown herself. In this scene she is in full dressed and does non succeed in her attempt. The second conviction towards the end of the story she tries once again, but this time she naked. She swims in the silk river nude because thither is nothing separating her from her past. Anna rolls around in the river and thusly slowly wraps the cloth around her jazz like a knoose to convey that occurrence that she has hung herself in a knoose of water. The river is very symbolic in transfer Annas past. another(prenominal) scene which is very significant in conveying Annas story by using the silk river, is when she beats 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 situation where she had to accept her past. She did th is by draping the cloth oer her naked eubstance to convey that she is pass judgment her childhood past and is not judgmental of it.\nThere is the symbolic sound of a gong whic... '