Dates/Times/Venue/Location
Tue 30 June @ 7pm, BUBBLE - Langton Green
Wed 1 July @ 6:15pm, BUBBLE - Langton Green
Thurs 2 July @ 6:15pm, BUBBLE - Langton Green
Sun 5 July @ 2pm, BUBBLE - Langton Green
Hot Pot 火鍋 - Where memories boil
Four university friends reunite years later, at a hot pot restaurant, after the Covid pandemic. Over bubbling broth and shared plates, their laughter peels back memories of simpler days, first love and naive ideals. Conversation soon turns to the quiet divergences that time has carved: careers chosen and abandoned, families expected and resisted, compromises made for security and compromises refused in the name of being true.
Hot Pot is a tender examination of friendship and the small betrayals of adulthood. It traces the heartache of lost love, the friction between dreams and pragmatism, and the work it takes to remain authentic when the world insists otherwise. Warm, inquistive and rooted in East Asian perspectives, Hot Pot serves up a single night of conversation that explores gay identity with honesty and nuance, questioning what it means to belong to a place, society, partner, and one's true self admidst a queer-unfriendly environment.
This show was developed by funding from The University of Nottingham and UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Running time: 70min
Suggested for Age 16+ (Parental guidance suggested – Some material may not be suitable for children. Younger audience admitted on guardian discretion))
Warnings: This play contains partial nudity and reference to homophobia, racism and parental death.
REVIEWS
TBC
CREATIVES
Playwright: Hongwei Bao
Director: Namoo Chae Lee
Dramaturg: Ang Xiao Ting
Set & Costume Designer: TK Hay
Lighting Designer: Brett Kasza
Presented by Auka Productions Limited
CAST:
Shin-Fei Chen as Mei
Struan Davidson as Ming
Windson Liong as Tao
Michelle Yim as Lin
CREW:
Stage Manager: Eddie Latter
Company website: www.aukaproductions.com
