
LA Voix humaine

LA VOIX HUMAINE 人類的聲音
Director
LA VOIX HUMAINE (人類的聲音) is an experimental monodrama with music performed in Shanghainese, or a language that can never be understood by anyone else except the actor. In this bold reimagined 10 minutes short play, language is stripped away to reveal the raw essence of human emotion. Performed in an unrecognizable tongue, the piece invites audiences to listen beyond words—through movement, tone, and silence. It asks: when identity and language are gone, what remains that makes us human? Behind a rain-slicked barrier, one voice becomes every voice—lonely, longing, and achingly real.
ADAPTED FROM THE WORK OF THE SAME NAME BY JEAN COCTEAU AND FRANCIS POULENC
INSPIRED AND ENCOURAGED BY DAVIDE LI
A SHORT PIECE IN NYU BLACK BOX THEATER
DEC 2023

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY JEAN COCTEAU
ORIGINAL MUSIC WRITTEN BY FRANCIS POULENC
ADAPTED BY ZHI QU
MUSIC REARRANGED BY ZHI QU
LIGHTING DESIGN: ZHI QU
SCENIC DESIGN: ZHI QU
LIGHTING OPERATOR: JIAQI LING
FEATURING SHUWEN PAN AS WOMAN
PIANIST: YUSHAN GUO