OPIUM CLIPPERS

A tea ceremony for ten spectators at a time

from Wed 19 to Sun 23, Complesso di Sant’Agostino, ore 15:00

Teatro

Glej Theatre / Neja Tomšič

OPIUM CLIPPERS
tea for ten

concept, painting and performance Neja Tomšič
storyteller in the Italian version Silvia Viviani
ceramics Anja Slapničar
music Gašper Torkar
executive production Barbara Poček
coproduction MoTA – Museum of Transitory Art until 2018

Colonial history and international conflicts in a cup of tea: a journey through the history of the opium trade in China, between the second halves of the 18^th and 19^th century. A reflection on the profound implications of these routes on our times.

Neja Tomšič (b. 1982) is a Slovenian visual artist, storyteller, performer and ritual maker. She works with drawing, sound and objects. She rethinks dominant historical narratives creating situations in which new understandings of the present can be formed.

running time: 90′ + 10′ aftertalk

shows in English Wed 19, Fri 21, Sun 23 July

https://www.glej.si/en/opium-ships