Milton Lim, Andrea Yu. © Emily Cooper

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/15932

A Gateway Theatre (Richmond, BC) production It’s mid-rehearsal, and two actors playing Lauren and Larry deliver their lines. All is well until the real Larry wanders onstage. When the real Lauren – who, it seems, is also the playwright – leaps up from the audience, chaos ensues. Throw in some rogue spectators, a corrupt senator, lion dancers, ghostly ancestors, and a few firecrackers, and you have King of the Yees, an unapologetic and hilarious take on Chinese culture and...

Oct 25 - Nov 11, 2017

Babs Asper Theatre 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Oct 25 - Nov 11, 2017

Babs Asper Theatre

Theatre Comedy

“Jaw-droppingly funny... satirizing western stereotypes of Chinese culture while lovingly sending up some actual, traditional Chinese customs. ” Georgia Straight

English
≈ 2 hours · With intermission

NAC Presentation

A Gateway Theatre (Richmond, BC) production

It’s mid-rehearsal, and two actors playing Lauren and Larry deliver their lines. All is well until the real Larry wanders onstage. When the real Lauren – who, it seems, is also the playwright – leaps up from the audience, chaos ensues. Throw in some rogue spectators, a corrupt senator, lion dancers, ghostly ancestors, and a few firecrackers, and you have King of the Yees, an unapologetic and hilarious take on Chinese culture and tradition in North America. From stage to backstage to audience and back on stage again, this play within a play bulldozes the fourth wall in an epic joyride through Chinatown.