A Journey to the west

Team Member

Yi Tang– Director, Playwright

Sunny Jie Liu– Producer  

Yuhe Zhang– Set Designer  

Wenyan Liu– Props Designer and Maker  

Yumu Lin– Costume Designer  

Ziyi Chen– Hair and Makeup Designer  

Hao Liu– Music and Sound Designer  

Yang Tang-Lighting Designer  

Cong Le– Photographer

Qing Chang– Photographer

Cast

Yitong Fu– Actor (Xiao Hua)  

Andy Yu Fan Lee– Actor (Father)  

Lishuang Yang– Actor (Mother)  

Background

What's this? An original play using mystical Eastern face-changing opera to dissect modern youth’s ‘protective violence’ with parents?

Meet Xiao Hua : A coddled man-child, raised in a bubble of parental perfection, gets thrown into London's chaotic uni life by an unexpected twist. In this globe-trotting psychodrama of independence vs. filial obedience — will the overgrown baby survive the smotherhood, or will Tiger parents reach conquer all? Place your bets.

In this genre-blending, emotionally charged production reimagines Journey to the West as a coming-of-age psychodrama for the globalized Gen Z.

Traditional Sichuan Opera face-changing becomes a powerful metaphor for fractured identity. Digital projections and electronic soundscapes collide with ancient motifs, visualizing the tension between cultural heritage and global ambition.

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