WELCOME

Welcome to yellow objects:

This is Hong Kong
This is Hong Kong in 2019
This is Hong Kong after 2047
This is Hong Kong post mortem.

1. Sandra Wong’s story begins in 2051 with Filial Duty Calls. (One chapter. 8 mins. Free to play on browser.)
2. Geoffrey Chan’s story began in 2019 with Love in the Time of…. (Three chapters. 35 mins. Free to download.)
3. Your journey begins here with Prologue: Guilt (Available May 3rd. Free to play.)

This is a story that we cannot tell at home anymore
This is one of many stories that will never go home again.

We are yellow objects
We are Hong Kong.

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Presented by Firehall Arts Centre, yellow objects was developed by rice & beans theatre in collaboration with Playwrights Theatre Centre, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, the National Arts Centre English Theatre Artist-in-Residence Program, the Banff Playwrights’ Lab, and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre.

If you would like to make a charitable donation to rice & beans theatre, you can do so at our CanadaHelps page here.

DIGITAL EXPERIENCE

CONTENT WARNING: “Love in the Time of…” contains depiction of police violence.

FILM DOCUMENTATIONS

CONTENT WARNING: The video content contains an auditory depiction of sexual assault, depictions of graphic violence, flashing lights, coarse language, and is not suitable for children.

PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTES

Since the Handover in 1997, the Hong Kong government and Communist China continue to strip us of our culture, rights, and liberty. The road to freedom is going to be a never-ending uphill struggle.

The imposition of the National Security Law in July 2020 has sealed Hong Kong’s fate. The One Country, Two Systems principle delineated in the Sino-British Joint Declaration has been blatantly disregarded by the Chinese government. Citizens, activists, and even legislators have been arrested en mass on subversion, sedition, or collusion charges. Perhaps truth through subversive irreverence is the only way we will be allowed to tell our story from now on.

There is a Chinese saying: throwing eggs at a rock. What can we do in face of inevitability? How do we adapt and keep fighting? How do we keep our stories alive in spite of the oppressive National Security Law threatening our lives and future?

This project is a collection of what was, what has been, what is, and what could be. This is written from the vantage point of somebody who is homesick more than ever. This is a rally for the ones who are still risking their lives out there. This is written in remembrance of those who cannot be there anymore. This is a lament of families broken and loves forever lost. This is a warning for anyone who would listen, and for those who would not. Whatever it is, yesterday feels so long ago, and yet tomorrow seems farther away still.

Revolution is a process. Revolution takes generations. We fight, so that our children’s children can keep fighting the good fight. For freedom. For justice. For truth. For love. Take action. Do something even when you can’t. We must keep on. We must never forget.

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