Performing Lines WA · 2022–2025

Legends of the Golden Arches


AV design and projection content for an immersive theatre production. A two-world journey from Singapore's Void Deck to the mythological Chinese Hell, told through cue-based projection mapping.

Legends of the Golden Arches
Role
AV Designer · Video Content Creator
Production Company
Performing Lines WA
Format
Theatre · Projection Mapping
Timeline
2022–2025
Venues
Perth Festival · MTC · Brisbane
System
Cue-based (17 projection states)

The Descent: Two Acts, Two Worlds

The play moves from Singapore's Void Deck to Chinese Hell. In Act 1, projection content lands on a kabuki cloth. In Act 2, the cloth drops to reveal the pagoda set beneath.

Act 1: Void Deck

The World of the Living

Set Design &
Default State
Physical structure and neutral projection state.
Set Design Act 1
Set Design 1
Kabuki Cloth
Set Design Act 2
Set Design 2
Revealed Pagoda
Void Deck Default
Default
Void Deck
Storytelling
States
Narrative projection moments across the living world and underworld story arc.
State 1
Chinese Hell
Bao Gong
State 2
Bao Gong
State 3
Wheel of Reincarnation
State 4
Two Friends
State 5
Bridge Collapse
State 6
Opening Scene
State 7
Guan Yin Disappears
Youtiao Boy
State 15
Youtiao Boy
Character
Memories
Flashback sequences and remembered turning points.
State 8 · Memory
Joe's Life Choice
State 9 · Memory
Brother Fight
Final Choice
State 16 · Memory
Final Choice
Memory
State 17 · Memory
Merlynn's Brother

Act 2: Chinese Hell

The Underworld Revealed

Underworld
Arrival
Entering Chinese Hell.
State 10
Flying Through Hell 1
State 11
Flying Through Hell 2
State 12
Landing in Hell
Judgment &
Punishment
Facing Bao Gong's court.
State 13
Bao Gong Court
State 14
Head Chop
Production photo
Production Company
Performing Lines WA
Directors
Joe Paradise Lui & Merlynn Tong
Production Manager
Harry Dowling
AV Designer & Video Content
Wendy Yu
Photography
Joe Wyld