Yellow Earth Theatre and Royal Exchange Theatre in association with Black Theatre Live present
Mountains:
The Dreams of Lily Kwok
by In-Sook Chappell
Adapted from Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse
The first performance of Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok was at the Royal Exchange Theatre on 22 March 2018
CAST
Siu-See Hung | Helen |
Tina Chiang | Lily |
Matthew Leonhart | Leung, Kwok Chan |
Andy Kettu | Hideki, Japanese Soldier |
Minhee Yeo | Kit Ye, Tai Po, Mrs Lee |
Ruth Gibson | Mrs Woodman, Miss Price, Hostess |
Rina Takasaki | Gong, Waitress, Mabel |
CREATIVES AND PRODUCTION
In-Sook Chappell | Writer |
Jennifer Tang | Director |
Amelia Jane Hankin | Designer |
Amy Mae | Lighting Designer |
Elena Pea | Sound Designer |
Ruth Chan | Composer |
Lucy Cullingford | Movement Director |
Jerry Knight-Smith CDG | Casting Director |
Chris Frith | Tour Production Manager |
Chris Radford | Company Stage Manager |
Isabel Llinos Sullivan | Assistant Stage Manager |
Thanks to Lan Kwan (Cantonese Translations)
Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse is published by Random House
Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok was jointly commissioned by the Royal Exchange Theatre and Yellow Earth Theatre
UK Tour sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London (HKETO).
CAST
SIU-SEE HUNG (Helen)
Theatre credits include:O Deptford (Albany Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, (Polka Theatre); ChInglish (Park Theatre); LSO Discovery: Play on Shakespeare (Barbican Theatre); A Colder Water Than Here (Vault Festival); The BlueBird (Wimbledon Studio/Albany/Putney Arts Theatre); DiaochanThe Rise of the Concubine (Arts Theatre/ Red Dragonfly Productions); The H-Word (RIFT/New Diorama); I Wish To Die Singing (Finborough Theatre); A First Class Death (Vault Festival); A Dream From a Bombshell (Trikhon Theatre & The Albany); Velocity (Finborough Theatre); Obamamerica (Theatre 503); Granny Dumpling, Ba Banh It (Yellow Earth and Albany); Big Fridge (Hen & Chickens Theatre); Thief, Dim Sum Nights (Yellow Earth Theatre); Our Town (Kings Head Theatre) and Something There Thats Missing (Edinburgh Festival).
Film credits include:Jade Dragon, Adult Content, Receptionist, Unexpected ReunionN, Upstage, Sketchpack, The Fighting Room and Terminal.
TINA CHIANG (Lily)
Tina studied at RADA and is making her first appearance for the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Other theatre credits include:Labour of Love (Headlong/ Michael Grandage Company); Chimerica (Headlong/Sonia Friedman Productions); Cyrano De Bergerac (Southwark Playhouse); Still Ill (Kandinsky/Shuffle Festival); From ShoreTo Shore (Freedom Studios); M.Butterfly (GBS, RADA); Fox Attack (National Theatre of Scotland/Oram Mor); Hong Kong Impressions (CAS/Theatre Noir); Why The Lion Danced (Yellow Earth Theatre/UK Tour); From Bangkok To Burnley (National Theatre Studio); Wave/Boom (Yellow Earth Theatre/UK Tour) and Girls Night (Royal Court YPT).
TV credits include:Bodyguard, Rellik, Kiss Me First, Fearless, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Casualty, Doctors, All About The McKenzies, Billionaire Boy, Tyrant and Run.
Radio credits include:Inspector Chen Mysteries, The Last Of The Pearl Fishers and The Birthday Gift.
MATTHEW LEONHART (Leung, Kwok Chan)
Matthew is making his first appearance for the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Other theatre credits include:Project New Earth (China Arts Space); The Last Days Of Limehouse, Dim Sum Nights (Yellow Earth Theatre); From Shore To Shore (Freedom Studios); The Stars That Play With Laughing Sams Dice (Pentameters Theatre); The Sugar-Coated Bullets Of The Bourgeoisie (Finborough Theatre); B.O.BThe Final Cut (Hong Kong Architecture is Art Festival); LOrphelin(The Orphan of Zhao) (Taiwan Frank Festival); The Lost Dreamachine (WOT Productions); Sandman (Frenzy Productions); Invisible Glass and Peach Blossom Fan (Redcat, Los Angeles).
Television credits include:Berlin Station (season regular); 50 Ways To Kill Your Lover, Treasures Discovered, New Worlds and Channel V Countdown.
Film credits include:Philophobia, The Accidental Spy and Too Loud A Solitude.
ANDY KETTU (Hideki, Japanese Soldier)
Andy recently graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and is making his professional debut for the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Credits in training include:Romeo and Juliet; The Burial At Thebes; The Snow Queen and Table, which played at the Citizens Theatre.
Film credits include:Carapace.
He also performed in Dream On!, which live streamed on BBC Arts as part of the Shakespeare 400 celebrations.
MINHEE YEO (Kit Ye, Tai Po, Mrs Lee)
Minhee trained at The Poor School, University of Oxford and is making her first appearance for the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Other theatre credits include:Just One More Time (The Space, One Festival); One Day, Maybe (dreamthinkspeak, Hull UK City of Culture 2017)); Chinglish (Park Theatre); Replay (C Venue, Edinburgh Festival) and Leodo: The Paradise (Maro, Edinburgh Festival).
Television credits include:Strike Back: Legacy, Cuffs and Wasteman.
Film credits include:Avengers: Age of Ultron, Kotchebi and A Perfect Turn.
RUTH GIBSON (Mrs Woodman, Miss Price, Hostess)
Theatre credits include:1984 (Live Reading, The Orwell Foundation); Blackout (Harlow Playhouse); The Patriotic Traitor, The Dead Monkey (Park Theatre); The Story Project/ The Circle (Arcola Theatre); Theatre Uncut (Soho Theatre); You Once Said Yes (Winner of a Fringe First and Total Theatre Award, Look Left Look Right);