THEATRE IN LONDON | JOYWAY LONDON PRESENTS ‘WING CHUN’ AT THE SADLER’S WELLS A FUSION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, DRAMA AND MARTIAL ARTS TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF GRANDMASTER YIP MAN, TRAINER OF BRUCE LEE

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Events

“the skills are gobsmack­ing” The Times (on The Acro­bat­ic Swan Lake)

A large cast spec­tacle of move­ment and music tells the story of the 300-year-old mar­tial art Wing Chun and the man who is cred­ited with bring­ing it to the world, Grand­mas­ter Yip Man. Cho­reo­graphed by Han Zhen and Zhou Liya | Writ­ten by Feng Shuang­bai. The man who trained Bruce Lee and foun­ded The Ving Tsun Ath­let­ic Asso­ci­ation, which helped to spread the mar­tial art glob­ally, Grand­mas­ter Yip Man gained fur­ther notori­ety through the Ip Man series of films of his life made in the 2010s star­ring Don­nie Yen. Wing Chun fol­lows a film crew as they shoot the story of Yip Man span­ning the ‘then’ and ‘now’ through two eras, two worlds, and two gen­er­a­tions of people chas­ing their dreams. The show fuses con­tem­por­ary dance, drama, and mar­tial arts includ­ing Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Bagua Zhang, Baji Quan and Pray­ing Mantis. From a highly acclaimed, award-win­ning run in China, Wing Chun comes to Sadler’s Wells for twelve performances.

Wing Chun is a form of kung fu from South­ern China, char­ac­ter­ised by its close-quarter, rap­id fire style. It is the only kung fu style to be cre­ated by a woman. As well as telling the story of Yip Man, the show will have a large cast of female mar­tial artists demon­strat­ing the power­ful and effi­cient style.

Writer Feng Shuang­bai said, “Wing Chun has a box­ing meth­od called bridge, which is the two sides togeth­er to com­bat mar­tial arts, only win or lose, not die. This is how all the major schools of our Chinese mar­tial arts do when they spar, and it con­tains a very pro­found truth of Chinese civil­isa­tion and Chinese philo­sophy, that when people are in har­mony with each oth­er, soci­ety can be in har­mony, and this is the answer that the wis­dom and civil­isa­tion of the Ori­ent has giv­en to this strife-torn world.”

Joy­way Lon­don presents unfor­get­table, awe-inspir­ing exper­i­ences from China in Lon­don. In June 2024, they presen­ted The Acro­bat­ic Swan Lake at Sadler’s Wells.

Wing Chun is run­ning from 30th August — 7th Septem­ber at Sadler­’s Wells London

Tick­ets Here

Run­ning Time: 2hrs (includ­ing inter­val) | Suit­able for ages 6+

 

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Rishma Dhaliwal

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

About Rishma Dhaliwal

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.