WOKING PHOENIX
WORLD PREMIERE | A Theatre Passe Muraille and Silk Bath Collective Co-Production
An epic exploration of two decades of a family’s survival. Woking Phoenix tells the story of three siblings, their mother, and their restaurant as they seek to find belonging within small-town Ontario. An intergenerational Chinese love story about creating community and the food that reminds us of home.
Production photography by Jae Yang
CAST
Richard Lam
Phoebe Hu (胡馨勻）
Bessie Cheng
Madelaine Hodges (賀美倫)
CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM
Co-creator, Director, and Producer - Aaron Jan
Co-creator, Director, Producer, and Performer - Bessie Cheng
Co-creator, Director, Producer, and Associate Sound Designer - Gloria Mok (莫嘉詠)
Stage Manager - Victoria Wang (王璇）
Apprentice Stage Manager - Joey Lau (劉祖怡)
Lighting Designer - Noah Feaver
Production Manager & Assistant Lighting Designer - Wei Qing Tan（陈维晴）
Set & Costume Designer - Julia Kim
Assistant Set & Costume Designer - Irene Ly
Sound Designer & Composer - Maddie Bautista
Choreographic Concept & Direction* - Hanna Kiel (길현아)
*Created in collaboration with the performers
Technical Director - Anthony Allan
Nonvisual/Blind Dramaturg - Jessica Watkin
Surtitle Programmer & Technician - Renée Wong (黃靖珊)
SAMPLE
PRESS
“Woking Phoenix’s use of sound and dance is a lovely and poetic surprise. Maddie Bautista’s brilliant sound design and composition conjure surprising, symbolic sound effects to stand in for the words of anyone outside the family.” — Scott Sneddon for SesayArts Magazine.
“It is scrappy, inventive and fills the holes of a tight budget with ample ingenuity to create something entirely new, at times making something out of nothing … off-stage bells and whistles are used to conjure entire characters who never get one word of dialogue.” — Hannah Sung for The Globe and Mail.