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Review of ‘Hot Pot’: “Simmering tension quickly goes cold”
It’s a hard swallow. Not because it’s too raw to digest. And definitely not because it comes across as too sugarcoated. The thing is, there are barely any flavours to analyse in Hongwei Bao’s overall bland play, which celebrated its world premiere at London’s Playhouse East last week and lacks the spice, heat, and elaborateness…
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Playwright Hongwei Bao talks East Asian LGBT show ‘Hot Pot’: “Queerness is often wrongly seen as incompatible with East Asian cultures”
Joining the buzz of this year’s Pride celebrations, London’s Playhouse East presents this new play exploring the balance between queerness and cultural identity through a friends’ dining reunion. Guillermo Nazara chats with the author to learn more about his process noodling around themes and what the show ultimately boils down to. How does it feel…
