Pull Back the Curtain

These three playwrights offer hope for local theatre, as their original productions—an immersive play, a musical and a gay murder mystery—get to the heart of the city’s stories and communities

By Zabrina Lo. Photography by Affa Chan

CANDACE CHONG MUI-NGAM Candace Chong Mui-ngam, a six-time winner of the Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Script prize, brings a bold new story to the stage this year. We Are Gay is Chong’s first play centred around gay characters; a murder mystery that examines what happens when an older barrister sidles his way into a relationship between a younger couple, an ambitious lawyer and a swimming coach. Unlike local plays, literature, films and television drama, where same-sex romance is only hinted at by euphemistic dialogue, handholding or, at most, kissing, Chong’s play features nudity, sex, violence and strong language. “I want a darker story with explicit details, which gives the play more realness, because in Hong Kong, we avoid talking about homosexuality and sex in public,” she says. Chong has…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2022

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