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Howlers on the Rooftop

天台上的嚎叫者

The work began with a script and became a one-time performance on 2 January 2021. Rehearsal redistributed authorship across performers, the room and events nobody could fully anticipate.

Howlers on the Rooftop — What Happens When a Voice Has Nowhere to Go? | P4 TheaterWhat Happens When a Voice Has Nowhere to Go? | P4 Theater
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Project years
2020–2021
Related pages
52
Languages
English / Chinese

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Moving-image candidates
2,826
Nominal volume
771.39 GiB
Snapshot
8 Aug 2026

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PROJECT CONTEXT

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A script altered by bodies, space and contingency

The work began with a script and became a one-time performance on 2 January 2021. Rehearsal redistributed authorship across performers, the room and events nobody could fully anticipate.

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Chinese project description

从剧本进入偶发结构、跨年公演、参与者训练与密集复盘的一次重要现场实验,2021 年 1 月 2 日完成公演。

2021 English writing

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CHANNEL-LEVEL RELATIONS

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2 deduplicated channel videos
46:46
P4 CHANNEL VIDEONO. 0005

Howlers on the Rooftop | A One-Night Participatory Performance

This public video belongs to “Howlers on the Rooftop”. The introduction is derived from the public video title and description: At the start of 2021, a rooftop became a theater—and everyone present became part of the work. Howlers on the Rooftop is a one-night participatory performance by P4 Theater, preserved here as the record of an unrepeatable live event. Presented in the original…

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Jul 28, 2026

3:19
P4 CHANNEL VIDEONO. 0006

What Happens When a Voice Has Nowhere to Go? | P4 Theater

This public video belongs to “Howlers on the Rooftop”. The introduction is derived from the public video title and description: One wordless cry. A worker, a painter, a reporter, and the police all decide what it means. This film essay revisits The Howler on the Rooftop, presented at P4 Theater in 2021, and asks why a voice can be visible, recorded, and still remain unheard.

Derived from public video metadata (not from subtitle text)

Jul 17, 2026

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52 related pages

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