Reviews

I was once too shocked to speak, because of the theme and the way the director expressed. In the very beginning, I thought it would be a romantic love story because of the name and the poster of the show. I didn't realize it could be a work of awakening of the Feminism. It's about to say "No" to the patriarchal. All the characters are shinning (except the father character. He was made to be thrilling).

— aaaa711, Douban

A work full of imagination. The body is stronger than words in theatre. The tension of emotion constantly switching makes audiences staying in the imagined situation. I can see the imagination and ambition went further and the actual achievement of details. The director should make it less in the future to make it a more distinct work.

— Ma Yixin, Douban

The tragedy of Women is knowing the essential reason why they don't get freedom without any way to get rid of it. The tragedy of Men is believing the rules of success and failure too much with missing all the other answers. Living in a given way of life, or creating a new one on yourself.

— moni.viva, Douban

It's like wine, hard to swallow, but the aftertaste is mellow. I wish all of us won't live like the oleander in the flower pot or the little gold fish stuck in the sink, but be like water flowing by the instinct without any control.

— zhuiguangdericky, Douban

About Bon Appétit！

After a small affair, a woman ate an oleander and died by the poison of it; a man ate a goldfish and died by choking; an old couple died while taking a trip with no destination. Bon Appétit!, written by Yang Xiaoxue, shows a unique and universal model of "Family". Wang Anbang, the director, tried to blow up all the details behind the text, which makes it a story about "separation" in theatre.

Credits

Playwright: Yang Xiaoxue

Director: Wang Anbang

Cast:

He Mengmeng as Woman 

Cao Luyao as Waitress

Guo Haihao as Man

Fu Xinyue as Flower/Fish

Su Xiaotong as Mother

Gao Zhongwei as Father

Stage Design: Wang Chenwei

Lighting Design: Sun Bo

Multi-media Design/Executive: Li Jie

Technical Director: Sun Bo

Stage Manager: Jin Siqing

Producer: Zhang Jing

Executive Producer: Chen Wanchu

Sound Execution: Mu Lin

Light Execution: Lu Ye

Prop: Wang Zheng

About Wang Anbang

Wang Anbang is a theatre maker and writer who is based in Nanjing and Wuhan at present. His latest-works include 1 Yottabyte Leben (2020 in Beijing), Lucky Boy (2021 in Guangzhou and Shanghai), All the Lonely People, Where Do They All Come From? (2021 in Beijing) and The Cat (2021 in Wuzhen).

About The Nanjing University Yesoo Company

The Nanjing University Yesoo Company, founded in July 2007, is basically a troupe guided by NJU Institute of Drama & Film and NJU Department of Drama & Film Arts, school of Liberal Arts. The main members of it are the past, present and future MFA students of NJU school of Liberal Arts.

In the 1980s, the Great dramatist Chen Baichen was the department head of NJU school of Liberal Arts. In February 2013, NJU Yesoo troupe registered as a company in Nanjing, trying to become a local and social young troupe, focusing on making more professional theatre works of arts for the contemporary society.