As Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok arrives at Stratford Circus Arts Centre, playwright In-Sook Chappell describes the process behind adapting Helen Tse’s famous memoir Sweet Mandarin. How has your background as a playwright prepared you for Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok? I think my background as a person rather than as a playwright prepared […]
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The Dreams of Lily Kwok comes to Stratford Circus Arts Centre April 2018
A co-production with Yellow Earth Theatre and Royal Exchange Manchester, the adaptation of family memoir Sweet Mandarin will be the first major mid-scale tour of a British East Asian play. Black Theatre Live with Yellow Earth Theatre in association with Royal Exchange Theatre presents. Mountains – The Dreams of Lily Kwok, tells the extraordinary story of the three generations of […]
Thomas Gilbert Interview : The entrepreneur who will revolutionise the art market
LONDON — The Art & Finance market has made unprecedented development over the past few years, which has resulted in the financialisation of the art market. As financial-technology (or fintech) start-ups have been mushrooming, Thomas Gilbert, a British-born young entrepreneur has joined the force by introducing blockchain technology and distributing cryptocurrency to the vibrant but […]
MOUNTAINS: The Dreams of Lily Kwok – A coproduction with Royal Exchange Theatre
Based on Helen Tse’s bestselling family memoir In-Sook Chappell’s new play MOUNTAINS: THE DREAMS OF LILY KWOK tells the remarkable story of the family behind the famous Manchester restaurant Sweet Mandarin. From the streets of Manchester and Hong Kong we step back though time to uncover the powerful determination of these women in a story […]
Andy Việt Hoàng Interview – Vietnamese British photographer
Andy Việt Hoàng is a talented Vietnamese British photographer with an eye for detail and an uncompromising dedication to high standards. His work is stunningly composed and versatile, and interestingly he stumbled upon his love of photography almost by chance. Originally encouraged to be an architect, Hoàng managed to push his own boundaries and convince […]
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nanking massacre at the Finborough Theatre
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nanking massacre, as well as the first production at the Finborough Theatre building in its 150th anniversary year, the European premiere of Into the Numbers by multi-award-winning American playwright Christopher Chen opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 2 January 2018. In December 1937, in Nanking, then capital […]
Self-Racism of the British Chinese? Contextualising BBC Comedy Chinese Burn
By Flair Donglai Shi – DPhil candidate in English at the University of Oxford Image courtesy of BBC 3 The viewpoints expressed in this article are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Oxford or Nee Hao Magazine The recently released pilot episode of the BBC […]
Welsh theatre company Hijinx sign deal for inclusive model of theatre in China
Wales Arts International (WAI) has recently announced that Hijinx theatre, a portfolio client of the Arts Council of Wales, is this week signing an agreement with AC Orange, one of China’s largest performing arts companies. The deal will see the award-winning inclusive theatre production of ‘Meet Fred’ tour China in May 2018 – the latest […]
Interview with British-Malaysian Chinese filmmaker, James Lau
Emmanuelle Khoo – Film and Entertainment Editor This month, Nee Hao introduces five British-Chinese talents in the entertainment industry, discussing a range of topics such from their journey to the challenges they face. Now, our interview series ends with young aspiring British-Chinese filmmaker, James Lau who takes the time to talk to us about his […]
An interview with Kevin Ung – British Chinese and Vietnamese actor, filmmaker
Emmanuelle Khoo – Film and Entertainment Editor As part of our interview series on British-Chinese talent in the entertainment industry, Nee Hao interviews yet another young aspiring actor, whose interests also lie in film directing and film editing. Kevin Ung lets us in on his thoughts on the very much-needed support for East Asian actors, […]