Key visual – The Butcher’s Skin

Key visual for The Butcher’s Skin (2002). Photographed by Tony Briggs. Featuring Tom Wu.
Written by Luu Quang Vu; directed by David K.S. Tse.

A bittersweet Vietnamese comedy of mistaken identity, The Butcher’s Skin tells the story of Truong Ba, a gentle gardener accidentally struck off the Book of Life by careless gods. Realising their mistake, the gods reincarnate his soul into the corpse of Hoi, a violent, alcoholic butcher. Truong Ba’s troubles are only just beginning…

By satirising authority, Luu Quang Vu has given this classic Vietnamese story a contemporary twist. With Vietnamese music and puppetry, the play will be brought to life in Yellow Earth’s inimitable style.

At times darkly comical, at times tragic, but always enthralling and compelling.