HEAVEN FM

Five artists journey towards the edge of a universe that is teeming with spirit and sound. Equipped with low-tech gear, they attempt connection—tuning in to and out of otherworldly stories. The absurd is juxtaposed with the sublime, the comedic revealed within the sacred. Powered by joy, grief, and battery-operated magic, HEAVEN FM dances with the unseen and the ever-shifting gravity of loss.

HEAVEN FM is born from Co-Artistic Director Natalie Tin Yin Gan’s reflections on Chinese ancestral ritual in the modern, digitized era. Weaving dance, theatre, and multimedia performance, this collectively devised work is informed by Hong Kong Exile’s thirteen years of exploring technological interactivity in performance.

HKX PROJECT LEAD Natalie Tin Yin Gan
CO-CREATED BY ellis cheadle, Alex Mah, Juolin Lee, Alex Tam
STAGE MANAGEMENT Song Xin Xuan + Agnes Hui
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGEMENT Rohmann Barisoff + Kady Yeung
CULTURAL CONSULTANT Rosemary Georgeson
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION Sepehr Samimi
WORKSHOP COLLABORATOR CREDITS Zahra Shahab, Don Chow, Kaylee Louie, Chu-Lynne Ng, Eddy Van Wyk, Milton Lim, Remy Siu, Julia Siedlanowska, Daisy Thompson, Antonio Somera, Eric Cheung, Kelly McInnes, Sudhee Liao, Chong Gua Khee
RUNNING TIME: approx. 60 min

We acknowledge the generous support of: SFU Cultural Programs, SFU School of Contemporary Arts, the City of Vancouver, British Columbia Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Plastic Orchid Factory, Left of Main, the Cultch, PuShOFF, SFU Repertory class Spring 2020.