Photo by Jimi Liu

Egg Rebellion

“Welcome to Yamanote, where Bremen’s charm meets Tokyo’s urban bustle. Eggs are sentient and live among humans, but as children of chickens they are treated as second-class citizens. The Eggs are rallying for more rights and even autonomy… The Egg Rights Movement is in full swing!”

The queer-feministic musical performance “Egg War” combines theater performance and projected animation, pushing boundaries of stage art, and explores the theme of minority rights and queer desire. The combination of animation and live performance pushes boundaries of stage art and redefines performativity.

Using eggs as symbols of both fragility and new life, the play explores themes of power deconstruction, activism and sexual desire. The performance follows the journey of how the humanized eggs gain social and political power and suggests unique ways to navigate the minority experience.

Momo is the first humanised egg. He was raised captive in a laboratory until his liberation by members of the Yamanote Egg Party, an interim government of eggs. Momo’s backstory inspires eggkind and he becomes a pivotal figure in the Egg Rights Movement. When the party meets his former captors, they learn the origins of humanised egg creation: a process mired in immigrant trauma and queer yearning.

Photo by Mojtaba Akbari