In Scenes from a Repatriation, a 1,000-year-old statue of the Bodhisattva Guan Yin becomes the center of a heated battle between The British Museum and the Chinese government over its stolen past. As political figures maneuver and ghosts stir, the statue’s journey from China to Britain reveals the lingering wounds of empires and the contested ownership of cultural heritage. Joel Tan’s shape-shifting play, directed by emma + pj, weaves history, spirituality, and power into a provocative exploration of who truly owns the past.