WRITER
“… a marvellous, moving piece of writing, and a stark reminder that ordinary people are always blown hither and thither by the tides of history, over which they have no control”
Lyn Gardner @StagedoorLDN review of Forgotten 遗忘
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As a multi-form writer, Daniel has written for theatre, film, interdisciplinary poetry and dance, and in prose in numerous articles – including for Media Diversified, the Guardian, Independent, Prospect Magazine and Time Magazine – as well as in the best-selling essay collection, The Good Immigrant (“a tender, ruefully comic piece about growing up a “lonely half-Chinese schoolboy in the West Country”)
The Guardian
photo © Jamie Baker
Mountains and Seas – Song of Today 山海 · 今日之歌
Created with by Xie Rong (Echo Morgan) and Beibei Wang, produced by Xie Rong (Echo Morgan) with Kakilang at Omnibus Theatre
“…. achieves a sense of ritual rather than narrative…. scenes unfold like fragments of remembered dreams or half-buried cultural memory… It is not merely a retelling of old stories, but a warning, a lament, and—most unexpectedly—a gesture of hope.”
Echo UK
“A beautifully bewildering, swirling vortex of challenging thinking and excellent performance… fascinatingly textured; at times searing, but also poetic and comedic…”
Everything Theatre
The Fu Manchu Complex
The Fu Manchu Complex produced by Moongate at Ovalhouse
“a devilishly ironic spin on Sax Rohmer’s classic novel that will leave you in hysterics… wildly satirical and steeped in sexual innuendo…the atmosphere created on stage is alluring…”
The Upcoming
Photo by Wen Hsin, Lee
Photo by Ben Wilkin
Asian Exclusion Act
Asian Exclusion Act (East 15 Acting School)
Photo by Andrew H. Williams
photo © by Sanli Wang
Beat Poetry
Beat Poetry (ALRA/Rose Bruford at Omnibus Theatre)
Photo by Alexander Newton
Invisible Harmony 无形的和谐
Invisible Harmony无形的和谐 at the South Bank Centre for Papergang Theatre in the 2020 Chinese Arts Now Festival
“An authentic, eclectic piece of political theatre…”
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Freedom Hi 自由閪
Freedom Hi 自由閪 for Papergang at Vault Festival, Northern Stage’s Scroll selection, the Royal Court’s Living Newspaper and Living Archive and as part of Moongate’s We R Not Virus digital collection
“The strongest piece is Daniel York Loh’s Big White Cop – a spurt of righteous anti-racist fury, punchy and vivid in its rhythms, performed with an unwavering eye by Jennifer Lim “
The Stage
"Daniel York Loh’s hungry for a lie: a thoughtful, barbed consideration of Asian representation, racist love and online misinformation…”
The Upcoming
photo © by Sanli Wang
photo © Jamie Baker
The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience
The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience with music by An-Ting 安婷, produced by Kakilang at Soho Theatre
“A bold, bewildering, and brilliant theatrical explosion that blends cultural exploration, philosophical musings, and sharp wit into a uniquely captivating journey through British Chinese identity…”
Everything Theatre
“ends with possibly one of the best pieces of writing I have ever heard...”
Broadway World
Echoes of Nüwa: The Last Human Project
(Directed and devised with Muddy Lolos at Edinburgh Fringe)
“This is more than a show. It's an elegy and a challenge “
Counter Culture
"…a playful meditation on creation, destruction, and the endless loop in between…”
Sound Behind The Curtain
Muddy Water
Muddy Water (East 15 Acting School)
Photo by Alexander Newton
Beat Poetry
Beat Poetry (East 15 Acting School at Hoxton Hall)
Forgotten © Jack Sain 2018
Forgotten 遗忘
Forgotten 遗忘, produced by Moongate and New Earth Theatre at Arcola and Plymouth Theatre Royal
“an ornately layered epic which manages to carry itself delicately despite the righteous fury which rumbles beneath the surface”
The Stage
Photo by Ikin Yum
“If ever racism is primarily viewed through the singular lens of the vitriolic kind, then through this binary, York Loh explores others in an erudite and revelatory fashion…”
liamodell.com