Scenes from a Repatriation
Paperback, 128 pages ISBN: 9781839044243Publication Date:
8 May 2025
Size: 198mm x 129mm£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
Ebook, 128 pages ISBN: 9781788508742Publication Date:
8 May 2025
£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
First Staged:
Royal Court Theatre, London, 2025

Scenes from a Repatriation

By Joel Tan

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On Stage at:
Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs), London
From Fri 25 Apr 2025 to Sat 24 May 2025

A thousand-year-old statue of the Bodhisattva Guanyin lives in the British Museum. When it emerges that the statue was stolen from its original home, the museum attempts to deflect both the public response and controversial repatriation claims from the Chinese government.

As statesmen scheme and grease their palms, beneath the statue, witches dance, a cleaner prays, and spirits weep.

Joel Tan's daring, shape-shifting play unfolds the statue's journey from China to Britain and back again, stirring up age-old ghosts and asking who can claim cultural artefacts – and why?

Scenes from a Repatriation was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by experimental theatre-makers emma + pj.

'All of human history? It's basically people taking things from each other.'

Paperback,128 pages ISBN: 9781839044243Publication Date:
8 May 2025
Size: 198mm x 129mm£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
This edition isn't available yet, but you can be amongst the first to receive it by pre-ordering now! Pre-order
Ebook,128 pages ISBN: 9781788508742Publication Date:
8 May 2025
£11.99 £9.59You save £2.40 (20%)
Available Soon

Also by Joel Tan:

When the Daffodils
Inside/Outside
No Particular Order

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