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  • Review of ‘Hot Pot’: “Simmering tension quickly goes cold”

    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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    22 June, 2026
    English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría
    auka productions, east asian, east asian representation, east asian theatre, fringe theatre, gay theatre, hongwei bao, hot pot, lgbt, lgbt theatre, Michelle Yim, playhouse east, Shin-Fei Chen, struan davidson, Windson Liong

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