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Meaning — Edinburgh Fringe

A project by: Chenying Gu

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Meet our cast:

Yitong Fu, as well as our playwright, producer and acting coach.

Yitong is a London-based actor trained at East 15 Acting School (MFA Acting International) and The Central Academy of Drama (China). With a background in bilingual performance training, his theatre credits include productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, Bridewell Theatre, and Corbet Theatre. He has also appeared in multiple dramas on major platforms such as iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku. Fu’s work integrates Eastern and Western performance traditions, focusing on the unity of emotional.

Follow his Instagram: @yitong.f https://www.instagram.com/yitong.f?igsh=MWxubjJqcGVjbnhlOA==

Levenka Andrea(she/her) 

Levenka is a German actor and dancer.She’s trained in classical/ neoclassical ballet, contemporary, and jazz dance. She has been awarded with multiple titles in national and international dance competitions.

Recent acting credits include The Poem Collector in Beat Poetry by Daniel York Loh, Sin/ Zephon in Paradise Lost by Erin Shields, Sarah Smith in the Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood and the Duke of Suffolk in Henry VI part 2 at the Globe Theatre.

She‘s passionate about classical and physical theatre, anything skeleton related and the iconic German musical based on the 1967 film “The Fearless Vampire Killers”.

Follow her Instagram:  @leevveennkkaaa https://www.instagram.com/leevveennkkaaa?igsh=bW8ydnVwc25mcmhx

Magdalena  

Magdalena trained as an actress in Vienna, before moving to the UK to join East15 Acting (International) cohort and getting her Master’s degree. She is particularly interested in the many faceted and fickle art of comedy, absurdist humour and abstract storytelling, whilst addressing and finding balance between the shortcomings of life and the never ending quest of finding meaning in it. 

Follow her Instagram: @magdalena_weitgasser

https://www.instagram.com/magdalena_weitgasser?igsh=enRnYTh4bXBwOWIx

Gloria Gu (She/her) 

Gloria is a Chinese actor and dancer, as an outstanding student graduated from the Shanghai Vancouver Film School. She currently studying at East 15 Acting School, MFA Acting International.  She has been interviewed by CCTV, and reported by That’s Shanghai. The short films she starred in won the Best Film Award in 2019 and 2023 respectively. She thrived in the independent theater, passionately using the art of drama to convey energy,spread and share with the world. As a dancer she trained in Hiphop, Jazz, and House. She previously served as a member of a renowned street dance crews in Shanghai.

Recently theatre credits include Henry/Lady Northumberland in Henry IV part 2 at Shakespeare Globe Theater, Sheet/ Young Dogsborough/ bodyguard in The Resistible rise of Arturo Ui at Corbett Theatre.

Follow her Instagram:@gloria0406

https://www.instagram.com/gloria0406?igsh=MWVha3dmejJmOTB0OA==

 Lauren Sutton 

Lauren Sutton (She/Her) graduated from George Mason University in 2020 with a BFA in Theatre Performance.  In 2022, Lauren co-founded the podcast Wasted Minutes, that she hosts and produces. She is currently working towards her MFA in Acting at East 15 Acting School.

Select Theatre credits: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bolingbroke in Richard II, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Mute in The Fantasticks, Eugenie Danglars in The Count of Monte Cristo, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Fraser in Night Watch, and Thalia in Welcome to Thebes.

You can check out Lauren‘s Website to see her full resume and media : https://www.laurensutton.com

Follow her Instagram: @lauren_elizabeth725

https://www.instagram.com/lauren_elizabeth725?igsh=MW5jZXRuZGthMnQxeg==

Chen Chen 

Chen Chen has six years of acting experience, performing in stage productions and improvisational comedy shows, as well as coaching acting in several cultural companies. I published a research paper on Waiting for Godot adaptation. In 2023, I participated in the Wuzhen Theatre Festival and joined a workshop with director Stan Lai.

Follow his Instagram:  @chenchen020303 https://www.instagram.com/chenchen020303?igsh=MTVveGNyZnhmc3V1MA==

Molly Linrui Jiao 

Molly is an Actor and Assistant Playwright, she is currently studying at East 15 Acting School MA master 

Her theatre credits include: the lead role in Null Subject in the 1001plays online theatre project, hosted by George Mason University (USA) and co-organized by Nanjing University, the University of Toronto.

The lead role in the large-scale play The Human World at the Chongqing University Student Theatre Festival, which won the Outstanding Performance Award.

And she also performed in the large-scale play Opening the Port at the Chongqing University Student Theatre Festival, which won the Outstanding Performance Award.

Follow her Instagram: @xiangqinbb

https://www.instagram.com/xiangqinbb?igsh=MTltc3J6ZG9rZ3VnaQ==

Bella Le Cai 

She is a Chinese actor, trained in University of Nanchang, BA Acting. She is currently studying at East 15 Acting School, MA Acting International.

Her theatre credits include: Falstaff, Lady Percy in Henry IV part two at Shakespeare’s Globe Globe Theatre. Pargeia in Welcome to Thebes at Corbett Theatre. Original play The Brightest Star in the Night Sky in Jiangxi Art Center funding project , GuBa Nainai in Sunrise. Advance in the Greater Bay Area · Work Together to Dream , Micro film of Guangdong Provincial Theatre.

Follow her Instagram:@bellaaaaa0622 https://www.instagram.com/bellaaaaa0622?igsh=eW50M2l4cmVmMDhh

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