HOME HUEN HAO: THE CREATION OF DEVISING THEATRE BASED ON ISAN IDENTITY

Abstract

This research article is part of the research project: ‘Embodied Isan Tone and Approaches to Performance: Reflecting on ‘Acting’ Through (Northeastern Thai) Isan Actors on Creation of Isan Contemporary Theatre and Performance’ aims to find creative approaches through actors and performers towards contemporary Isan theatre and performance. It intends to analyse experiences of young Isan actors/performers working with Western approach in theatre and performance through three different creative processes, using Performance theory and Interculturalism as its analysed framework. This article focuses on presenting the analysis and results and from the creative process of Home Huan Hao – the devising theatre. The result shows that contemporary Isan characteristics from character creation often involve dreams, nostalgia, wonders, fun, hopeful attitudes, which often explains through effort of supporting themselves amid change, as well as responses to social discourses related to Isan people.