Starring Cheeyang Ng
November 7 at 4:00 pm
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS
Solo Unplugged: A Conversation with Cheeyang Ng
One artist. New perspectives. Endless horizons. A conversation series exploring how solo performance reaches across cultures, disciplines, and audiences—opening new horizons for the art of being solo.
Some theater artists wait for the canon to make room for them. Cheeyang Ng wrote a new myth instead.
Their solo ritual musical, Legendary, sold out its run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer, earned a stack of five-star reviews, and won three awards: Outstanding Individual Performance at the Asian Art Awards, the IC Awards’ Personal Achievement Award, and a Gold Edinburgh Festival Fringe Theatre Award.
The Singapore-born artist-producer joins 1 Minute Critic founder and editorial director Matthew Wexler for an intimate conversation about new forms of theatermaking, pushing back on Western ideas of what theater “should” be, and breaking through as a queer Asian multi-hyphenate talent.
The afternoon includes a screening of the music video for “In the Beginning,” the opening number from Legendary, plus audience Q&A. It’s a rare chance to hear from one of solo performance’s most exciting voices at a festival built for the form.
UNITED SOLO* is the world’s largest solo theatre festival. For twenty seasons, it has presented the very best in solo performance from around the globe. Founded by Omar Sangare with the mission of uniting a diverse community of artists passionate about storytelling in all its forms, the festival has grown into an internationally recognized platform for singular voices. From its home base at Theatre Row in the heart of New York City’s Theatre District, United Solo has presented over 2,000 productions. With festivals held each fall and spring, it continues to champion both emerging and established artists, bringing powerful and distinctive stories to audiences in New York City and beyond.
