Tamburlaine
Tamburlaine
Adapted by Ng Choon Ping after Christopher Marlowe
UK Tour: March - April 2017
Arcola Theatre, London
Old Fire Station, Oxford
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham
"I mean to be a terror to the world."
Yellow Earth presents Christopher Marlowe's thrilling, controversial and compelling masterpiece, Tamburlaine. The story of a lowly shepherd who rises the power and conquers half the world through sheer brutality and self-belief.
Presented by a British East Asian cast in a startling new adaptation this production calls into question the very nature of power, masculinity and violence. What makes a king? What makes a father? What makes a man?
In an age where Trump can become leader of the free world. conflict rages across the Middle East, Europe is increasingly divided and a new power from the East asserts its growing dominance, Marlowe's classic takes on a new urgency and relevance for our time.
Trailer
Gallery
Cast
Melody Brown
Lourdes Faberes
Fiona Hampton
Susan Hingley
Amanda Maud
Leo Wan
Creatives
Writer and Director Ng Choon Ping
Design Moi Tran
Video Design Gillian Tan
Lighting Design Neill Brinkworth
Movement Rose Ryan
Dramaturgy Stewart Melton
Taiko Drumming Joji Hirota
Creative Producer Kumiko Mendl
Photography by Robert Workman
Funded by Arts Council England, Cockayne Trust and The Foyle Foundation.