2022TCAF:CO-COISM x Wu Yen-Ting Dear Deer

" It is believed that human imagination can render people more creative, so people have started creating artificial magic.

Teacher has a father who is a doctor. He doesn’t fix headaches, nor toothaches. What he fixes is one’s temper, and also clocks. He keeps doing it. Teacher’s good friend, Wei-wei, once said that he would go afar. One day, teacher’s student also said that he wanted to go somewhere far away, to look for a Black Granny. Who exactly is Black Granny?

The theme of Dear Deer centers around parent-child relationship and the mutual understanding between them. The whole play is built into an interactive moving theater, allowing each and every child that ever dreams of going afar and the adults that once were children to create the wonders of surprising encounters."

"CO-COISM x Wu Yen-Ting

Dear Deer of Small Friends, Bid Friends series, written by playwright Wu Yen-Ting, is the winner of the First Prize of Script Writing for Young Audience-Competition. This time, Wu Yen-Ting collaborates with Co-COISM’s director, Hung Chien-Han and creates a moving performing space together, inviting parents and children alike to enjoy the play. 

CO-COISM is a multi-creator collective. The company was founded in 2016 by three emerging theater directors, Hung Chien-Han, Chang Kang-Hua, and Huang Ding-Yun. We not only make theater performances individually, but also collectively. We prefer to work in cooperative/devised way then perusing for horizontal deliberation results. Recent year, we aim at Live Exhibition, Responding Creation, Activism Project and Immersive Project. We are also willing to collaborate with different artists who have different backgrounds to see more possibilities of art and culture.

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"Hung Chien-Han
Hung Chien-Han is a co-founder of Taipei-based multi-creator collective, Co-Coism (with Huang Ding-Yun and Chang Kang-Hua). Adjunct Lecturer of National Taipei University of Arts. Central to her work is the further development of the re-adjustment of the relations between viewers and doers as well as the respective art fields to allow for unconventional views on our reality. Recent works include 2021 TAF Playwrights Meet @ Taipei Main Station, 2020 TCAF Dear Deer, 2020 TAF Grandmother Paradox, 2019 TAF Family Romance, 2019 TIFA Play God. Directing work: Shi Shi Mien Liao Mi was the finalist for 2017 TaiShin Arts Awards. Ever Never was the finalist for 2016 TaiShin Arts Awards. Also, it will be performed in Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017.

Wu Yen-Ting

Born 1990. Born in Taipei. A theater playwright, A theater director, and a drama teacher. His teaching age ranges from children to adults. He likes theater and also enjoys classroom. Now he is the president of the Be Theatre, the members of dramAcappella, and the Be training project planner. He also runs around and takes lessons and teaches lessons. Recent works include: 2021 TAF “Rock Nursery Rhymes｜Call ! Summer Sentai !”, Be Theatre ""Murderous Mary"", ""Diver"", ""Tiny Lion King Trulu"", "" Fairy Tales's Seven Sins "", ""Father"", ""The Giant's Secret Garden"", "" Kitchen Sisters Mother "", dramAcappella "" Where is Xuanzang? "",Taipei HuaShin Children's Chorus "" Brave Captain "","" HuaShin 30th "","" Sing for the Earth with love "", Jiang Cuiguo ""Speed Cafe"", ""Homework"" ... etc.
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