A man in a pink crayfish costume meditates while a woman in a blue cod costume looks on. She is confused.A Blue­cod has been in the tank of a Chinese res­taur­ant for an inde­term­in­ate amount of time. She’s not sure how she got there or what life was like before the tank. Then a Cray­fish arrives. He’s ener­get­ic and she starts to think about life again. Mean­while there’s always the pos­sib­il­ity that one of them will be taken away by the eager faces that look through the tank walls…
This will be the fourth play Ren­ee Liang has had per­formed at BATS this year.  From a Chinese folk­tale relo­cated to Lev­in (The Two Fart­ing Sis­ters) to an escapee grand­moth­er vis­it­ing her fam­ily in New Zea­l­and (Under the same moon) to an evoc­at­ive story of a young woman liv­ing with can­cer (The quiet room) her work has been con­sist­ently enter­tain­ing while explor­ing ser­i­ous themes of fam­ily, love, belong­ing and self-determ­in­a­tion. This absurd­ist com­edy was inspired by Liang’s family’s love for fresh fish at res­taur­ants. She star­ted to think about the culin­ary habits of her cul­ture and the choices we make about what we eat. Hweil­ing Ow and Ben­jamin Teh per­form the play in pup­pet style cos­tumes designed by Sarah Bur­ren. Aman­da Grace Leo dir­ects.

  • Bubble­lands by Ren­ee Liang on at BATS Theatre 13–17 Octo­ber 2015 ($10 Stu­dent Night on Wed­nes­day)