Scottish Play "Scavengers" Lands in China, Explores Self-identity in age of global financial Crises
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Transtlate The Scottish play "Scavengers" made its Asian premiere in Beijing on Wednesday, courtesy of students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The play, which concerns moral issues in the context of the global economic crisis, will be staged at Beijing's Nine Theater. Playwright Davey Anderson said that his inspiration for writing the play largely came from the financial crises that have swept Europe over the last few years.
"Human identity reevaluation is the core idea of the play," he said.
"Moral questions that came from the economic crisis were raised. We can start again to value 'who we are' and search for our identity. In the world these days, money seems the only thing that represents value," he said.
Anderson said the Asian debut of "Scavengers" will give him a chance to learn more about China and encourage people to "reflect on their self-identity through the play."
Anderson said that he is keen on "including current events and reflecting social issues" in his plays.
Anderson said that "Scavengers" is different from the other plays he has written in his decade-plus career in that it is a "storytelling piece."
"'Scavengers' directly addresses speech and ideas. The structure is much like a film, where we allow impossible and crazy things to happen on the stage," he said.
The play is supported by a Scottish playwrights' workshop and will be performed in the UK's cities of Glasgow, London and Edinburgh in September, he said.
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