This was inspired by listening to the Beastie Boys one night, finding myself bored in the MRT the next day, and the headlines of September 2013: the Miley Circus, Taiwan politics, Middle East conflict, continuing ecological disasters, trade deals secretly negotiated with very insufficient scrutiny (such as ECFA and the TPP), internet surveillance, ubiquitous advertising…There […]
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Red Room Radio Redux (R4) opens its second season with the story of DRACULA. Born of Red Room, a culture of listening*, Radio Redux is a company of voice actors and noisemakers who collaborate to dramatize stories from the canon of classic Western literature. Red Room Presents Radio Redux Dracula LIVE Radio-Dramatized by I. Ratzkywatzky […]
Passersby at the Red Room on the afternoon of August 16th may have thought Stage Time and Wine had started unusually early that day, but the sounds of music and laughter were being generated by a new crowd. After several months of excited, happy anticipation, Stage Time and Wine had finally become a proud parent, […]
Whenever I meet a new Taiwanese friend and strike a short conversation, I have an obligation to answer two standardized follow-up questions: 1. You speak Chinese so well! 2. Why are you in Taiwan? And I reply with an equally standardized—but equally honest—answer: Thank you, it is because I love Taiwan. (This answer catches three […]
Red Room was invited by Alleycats, a supporting sponsor of the Huashan Reading Festival, September 2013. Red Roomers Zach Touzen, David Gentile , Holly Harrington and Manav Mehta represented the Red Room. Holly gives an account of the evening: On September 9, we had the honor of representing Red Room at a special Alleycat’s-sponsored book and […]
Rehearsals have begun for I. Ratzkywatzky’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ”Dracula”, but we can’t have a show without some technical assistance! Sound Operator Urgently Needed. Must be able to follow the action on stage and run cues on a computer (click open an audio file, fade volume in/out) according to Director’s hand signals. Attend a […]
Red Room made its way to Kolkata with Manav Mehta, Disha Patel and Marina Shifrin when the three of them went for a visit to Kolkata this month. Manav reflects, “Making this trip and entering the world of India with family & friends could not have been a better decision and Red Room’s first Kolkata-based […]
Sharing is Caring “Sharing is Caring”, thats what they say. Being reserved & withholding is considered selfish play. Whether you’re whimsical or sturdy, extraverted or nerdy, splash words with flavour; we’re all ears, smells linger for us to savour. Juicy shrines that serve as feasts to the eyes “Germans like Ringo, or sweet American Pies, […]
(Calligraphy) Like (Chinese) brush strokes I shall find the point on which I’ll pivot turn Differentials woven in as bristles spin Ink across the surface although it appears as a two-dimensional space It seeps further through capillaries reaching depths Often forgotten The infinite dimensions within the page Some inked some are not Are bound by […]