Yellow Earth News

Liz Chan’s article: Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long

2012-01-22T23:37:34+00:00

Liz Chan has written an article for the Guardian Online prompted by stories from East Asian actors describing similar treatment within the profession and the revelation that the Chinese suffer arguably higher levels of racism than any other ethnic group in Britain - but are too passive or too scared to report them. See: Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long Yellow Earth’s work helps to overcome such prejudice by developing and presenting positive images of contemporary Chinese characters on stage and attracting as wide an audience as possible to see them....

Dim Sum Nights!

2011-11-07T23:51:42+00:00

SUPPORT OUR DIM SUM DEVELOPMENT Highlights of our three Dim Sum Nights performances at the New World Restaurant this week were presented to a sold out audience at Tara Studio in Earlsfield on Saturday night. The piece with the most audience votes was Yam Sing by Simon Wu. Congratulations to Simon and his performers David Tse and Jamie Cho pictured below. Photo by Elaine Wong. Friday 25th - 'Yam Sing' was voted most popular with 'Nighthawks' being the one the audience wanted to see developed into something longer. Above: Jay Choi and Orion Lee in Nighthawks by Clare Sumi. Photo By Elaine Wong. Thursday 24th - 'Dim Some Nights' voted most popular and 'The Clean Up' is the one most people wanted to see developed Above: Tina Chiang in Dim Some Nights. Photo by Elaine Wong. Wednesday 23rd - Audience's favourite was 'The Best Man' followed closely by 'The Flying Roast Goose'! Above: The Best Man - Paul Chan, Melody Brown and Amanda Maud. Photo by Elaine Wong. Above: The Flying Roast Goose - Paula Siu , Mayra Stergiou. Photo by Elaine Wong. Above: Musician Joanna Qiu playing gourd pipe. Photo by Elaine Wong. Above photo by Elaine Wong. Above photo by Elaine Wong. Treat yourself to some fresh new tasty theatre… Do you like to see intriguing and fresh new theatre? Do you like Chinese food? Then come and combine both in Yellow Earth’s unique new show. Fifteen new pieces of bite sized theatre will be served up over four nights with Dim Sum and tea, led by talented up and coming British East Asian performers and writers. The full schedule has now been announced. Come tickle your mind and your taste buds!...

Exploring the Canon 2

2011-11-07T23:48:10+00:00

Yellow Earth will be at The Cottesloe, Royal National Theatre on Wednesday 16th November presenting an extract from Three Fat Virgins by Singaporean's award winning playwrite Ovidia Yu as part of the London Hub's Exploring the Canon 2. Tickets are free and can be booked by sending an email to adminlondon@sustainedtheatre.org. ...

Hidden histories revealed at the National Maritime Museum

2011-10-22T20:56:37+00:00

Yellow Earth is revealing hidden histories at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich through the stories of James Robson, a 19th century sailor of Chinese origin. ...

Yellow Academy 2011

2011-08-15T00:00:08+00:00

Yellow Academy 2011 was another great success, with 16 young acting hopefuls put through a vigorous week of drama school training. Classes in the morning included Acting for Camera, Stage Combat as well as Voice and Movement followed by Scene Studies in the afternoon with Yellow Earth tutor Kwong Loke and ALRA tutor Rob Swinton. The scene studies culminated in an impressive showcase performance on the Friday night in the ALRA theatre attended by casting directors, directors, actors as well as family and friends and followed by a drinks reception in the Great Hall. A very big thank you goes to Clive Duncan and all at ALRA for their commitment and support for YA2011. More photos in the Yellow Academy 2011 Photo Gallery See below for a write up by Vanessa Lye...

Yellow Earth are delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Corner as Associate Producer

2011-08-10T21:29:13+00:00

Yellow Earth are delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Corner as Associate Producer for Yellow Earth. This new post will see Chris Corner working closely with Artistic Director Kumiko Mendl on a range of artistic projects and help to trial new ways of bringing work to non theatre spaces, support our engagement with emerging British East Asian artists and the development of Yellow Earth’s education and outreach work....

100% Arts Council Cut to Yellow Earth Theatre

2011-03-31T22:04:32+00:00

On the 30th March, Yellow Earth, Britain's only revenue funded East Asian theatre company received a 100% cut from the Arts Council. This devastating blow means that the company which has been in existence for 16 years faces an uncertain future and a real prospect of having to close. ...

BBC Radio Norman Beaton Fellowship 2011

2011-03-22T23:30:04+00:00

Yellow Earth is one of nine companies to have been invited to work with BBC Radio Drama, for the second year running. Selected theatre companies and the BBC audition actors from non-traditional training backgrounds from across the UK. Congratulation to Kerry Gooderson as Runner Up , in what was a very closely fought final. Congratulations also go to our two other finalists; Fiona Marr and Peter Peralta....

New Artistic Director for Yellow Earth

2011-03-11T12:15:00+00:00

Yellow Earth is pleased to announce the appointment of their new Artistic Director, Kumiko Mendl. ...

Chinese Lascar at the National Maritime Museum

2011-03-08T22:57:10+00:00

We’ll be in Greenwich developing the role of a Chinese lascar (sailor) for their new gallery about the East India Co....