| Summary: | In a world that is becoming ever more multi-cultural, the voice of the Other, the whole notion of what is referred to as Alterity, becomes an important part of culture generally and an important aspect of theatre in particular. In the west, multi-culturalism has become almost a norm. In other parts of the world, however, it is still unusual. Among the most fascinating of such “othered” artists working in theatre is the Korean-Japanese dramatist-director Chong Wishing (also known as Jung Euishin and even Chong Wishin depending on who is addressing him and where they are from). Never seen by those around him as fully Japanese and yet also not accepted as fully Korean, this important artist speaks in the following interview of his career in Japan as writer-provocateur and director as well as cultural outsider. The interview was conducted for this issue on Theatre and Exile by Japanese critic Manabu Noda during October 2011 in Korea where Chong was then working.
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