Chasing the Monkey King

What better way to end a rainy Easter weekend then with some homegrown entertainment? On April 5th In the House Festival offered just that with “Chasing the Monkey King.”  There were three viewing periods over the course of the evening, at a house in East Vancouver.  Guests who arrived early were invited into the hosts' transformed carport for tea. Glowing Chinese lanterns, crimson curtains, and trailing garlands of white Christmas lights created a fantastical setting in which to serve Oolong Ginseng and Phoenix Blend --  traditional teas with evocative names and pungent flavours, served by tea connoisseur Daniel Lui....

A Japanese artist's (Yoshitoshi) interpretation of the Chinese figure of the Monkey King