This thought-provoking theatrical pairing features Playback and The Dawn as I Saw It, two intimate dramas exploring modern relationships, personal values, and the struggles of young love in a conflicted world.

This back-to-back presentation follows one couple through two emotional variations, dissecting contemporary dilemmas of identity, memory, and life choices. In Playback, their clash centers on conflicting truths—he fixates on documenting the present, while she constructs reality through curated memories. Their love unravels as their competing narratives collide.

The second piece, The Dawn as I Saw It, escalates the tension into existential territory: stability versus freedom, security versus the unknown. When she chooses nomadic travel and he stays anchored to routine, their relationship becomes a silent battleground of unspoken expectations. A surreal midnight conversation with a pillow lays bare their deepest fears and desires.

Raw, relatable, and rich with millennial angst, this production holds up a mirror to generational struggles with authenticity, compromise, and the price of self-definition.

Program:

• Playback (45min)
• The Dawn as I Saw It (35min)

(Total runtime: ~80min, no intermission)

Performed in Chinese with no subtitles.