Help fund a story of Asian Queer self-discovery and personal awakening, and be a voice of the Asian queer group.
Blossoming (You Undo Me) is a musical about a young Chinese man growing into his queerness. A coming-of-age tale, covering sexual and personal awakening and self discovery, an immigrant’s journey and a chronicle of one family’s changing dynamics. This is a cross-cultural representations of queer characters across seven roles played by one actor, combining traditional Chinese opera with modern performance techniques, which incorporate Beijing opera singing, Master Mei Lanfang's gestures, puppet performance and Chinese opera freehand staging, delivering an exceptional musical entertainment with aesthetic expression of the East.
As a member of Asian Queers, the director Xun has been trying to be an active voice for this group. Through his own journey and awakening, Blossoming (You Undo Me) is a story of Asian Queer self-discovery and identification with their particular identity, hoping to inspire all of the audience to find their true selves, as the song at the end of the piece "To love whoever you want, to love and be whoever you want to be", which is not just a problem for the queer community but something that we can all relate to. After winning the 2022 Michael Ross Award with Blossoming (You Undo Me), Xun decided to bring this show to this year's Edinburgh Fringe, and needs your help to cover the expenses for creating a better version for this show.
The director of the show, Xun Huang, was born in China, he studied musical performance at Shanghai Theatre Academy. After graduation, he was active in theatre industry as an actor and director and became a member of China Musical Association, his representative works include the director of the youth version of Cats and Les Miserable. Later, he pursued a postgraduate degree in text and performance at the RADA and Birkbeck, University of London. In 2022, He won Michael Ross Award with Blossoming (You Undo Me).
The story is written by Stephaine Martin. Stephanie’s debut play “Joy”, premiered in the studio at Theatre Royal Stratford East and is currently in development as a feature film with the BFI. Rage, but Hope premiered at Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival 2019 before transferring to the Streatham Space Project. Her further credits include new musical "Fury and Elysium" at The Other Palace June 2023 and "Passion Fruit" at New Diorama, co-written with Dior Clarke.
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This project closed unsuccessfully on 13th July 2023