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DANIEL YORK
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Born of mixed Singaporean/English parentage and grew up in the UK. As an actor his theatre work in London includes Mu-lan's award winning production of Porcelain at the Royal Court and Fortinbras opposite Alan Rickman's Hamlet at the Riverside Studios. As a writer and director his feature film script Beautiful Friend has been developed by Film4 and his short film, Mercutio's Dreaming: The Killing Of A Chinese Actor, was recently nominated for four awards at the World Music & Independent Film Festival. 2012 he was selected as part of the Royal Court's Unheard Voices initiative for emerging East Asian writers. As a result of this he was invited on to the Royal Court Studio writers
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Fu Manchu Complex, TheFu Manchu Complex, The
Synopsis:
Challenging the 'Yellow Peril' racist stereotype, five East Asian actors white up to play the traditional colonials in this hilarious murder mystery in the East End, using physical comedy and the style of the Victorian music hall in a pastiche of classic British cinema. Who is Fu Manchu: sinister Chinaman, criminal genius, racist myth..? Battling through clouds of opium, spiffing chaps Dr Petrie and Inspector Nayland Smith must do anything to stop the dastardly plans of evil criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manchu; but will their colonial angst allow them to do away with the villainous evil genius and save merry old England? And as their blundering leads them to ever more absurd conclusions, we ask, who is the real Fu Manchu? 2013 sees the hundredth anniversary of the publication of the first novel featuring Sax Rohmer's lurid and fantastical racist creation, the evil Dr. Fu Manchu. A century on we re-examine the skewed perceptions that have arisen around this pervasive myth.
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1st Produced:
- 01 Oct 2013
Organisations:
Ovalhouse & Moongate Productions in association with Mark Cartwright
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Genre:
murder mystery
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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