Kiln Theatre in association with Paines Plough today announces Katie Posner, Joint Artistic Director of Paines Plough, will direct the world première of Amy Ng’s Shanghai Dolls at Kiln Theatre. The production concludes Amit Sharma’s inaugural season as Kiln’s Artistic Director and CEO.
Shanghai Dolls opens at Kiln Theatre on 10 April, with previews from 3 April and runs until 10 May.
Priority tickets for Kiln Card holders and Kiln Theatre donors are on sale today, 13 September at 12pm; with general on sale from 16 September at 12pm.
When two penniless actresses meet in Shanghai at auditions for Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, they quickly become inseparable. But as political upheaval rips through China, their tumultuous friendship will alter not only the course of their lives, but the course of history. One will become China’s first female director. The other, the architect of the Cultural Revolution.
Amy Ng’s newest play looks at the untold story of two of the most influential women in Chinese history – Madame Mao and Sun Weishi – and how the personal truly is political.
