Aiming at theatrical exchanges among contemporary Asia, "Asia meets Asia" launched in 1997 and has hosted five festivals before.Asian contemporary theatre groups and individuals have been invited from 13 areas till now; including Southeast Asia and Southwest / Central Asia, such as Iran, Iraq, India and Kyrgyzstan. They presented their performances, as well as participated in our workshops and symposiums at the festivals. Deepening communication with those scattered in Asia, we have been raising some invisible Asia to the surface.　Last year, we were successful in East Asia 4 City Collaboration Touring Performance,  Lu Xun's "Madman's Diary".

We present the Unbearable Dreams 4, as the fourth collaboration project of Asia meets Asia since the year 2000. Two from Afghanistan and Assam, North-East India, have newly joined our co-directors from the last time. The "voices " from six Asian areas will be heard, mingled with each other here.
　

Note from Salimi                                                                                                   

Let's say we ignored someone in our life in the past; maybe, a family member, someone we loved, a friend or anyone else. He passed away. We regret for what we could've done when he/she was alive. We' could've spend more time with him/her. We could've done something good to him/her. We regret and wish to have that opportunity once more and act differently.

As human beings, we think, decide and chose. We are responsible for our choices. We are white pieces of paper. Considering social, cultural and political factors, we write who and how we should be. Each choice comes with a lost opportunity. That is the other choice we didnt make. We lost an opportunity. If we have that choice what will we do? how will we act/react? What difference will that choice make to us and others?

When we have something, we posses something, we dont know the value/worth of that thing. But when we lose it, we regret and wish we acted differently. It is a lost opportunity.

Becoming an immigrant or living in exile makes us feel lost opportunity; home and homeland. When we had it, we never thought about or valued it how we do in immigration/exile. It is a lost opportunity.

It is the same with life. We have it, we dont worth it. When we lose it, it becomes very precious.

Whenever I use microwave, the timer reminds of time passing. It makes me think every second I get close to death. I age. I think about my life what I have done or achieved in the past. Who I am or what I have present and I need to do in the future. It makes me prioritize things in my life. At the same time, it scares me of death. Death to me is dark, black, and unknown. There is no sense of direction or time. There is no time and space. No colors. It is unknown. It is scary. Any unknown thing causes fear to human beings.

In the other version, when I think of death, I think I might meet with my close and lost family/friends whom I ignored before. I think I will act differently when I regain the lost opportunities. I will prioritize other things in my life when I am given those lost opportunities. Woody Allen's movie A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a good example of lost opportunities.