Productions

"Island Bar" is a performance project conflating cocktail-making and storytelling in a bar environment. Each of the migrant artists hosts an island to serve a signature cocktail (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), a political concoction of island histories and realities. 

As an audience member, you are invited to take a seat at the bar, taste, and listen. The informal cafe setting is transformed into a space for intimacy and conversation. "Island Bar" is an invitation to share a drink and rethink the narratives that shape our social and cultural identities.

orangcosong is a Japanese artist collective founded by Minori Sumiyoshiyama and Chikara Fujiwara, who are based in Yokohama and have worked in various cities in Asia, Europe, and Africa. While based on their experience in the performing arts, they have mainly conducted art projects outside theatres. Especially after covid-19 disaster, they have been trying to create ‘spaces for dialogue, exploration, exchange’ both on-site and online where people can meet safely and develop their trust

Duration: about twenty minutes without intermission
Language: English
The show is not recommended for people under 18 years old.

The project is part of the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (AECFest) Residency Programme 2025, organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (Singapore). The project is supported by The Saison Foundation (Tokyo / JP) IsLand Bar is an open-source project by Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC), first initiated as an experiment in ADAM (Asia Discovers Asia Meeting for Contemporary Performance) 2017, and commissioned in Taipei Arts Festival 2018 led by principal artists Scarlet Yu (HK/DE), Chikara Fujiwara (JP) and Lee Ming-Chen (TW).