From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy

Part of HONG KONG STORIES • UK STAGES 2025 - a theatre series supported by a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England

✦From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy✦

A Solo Performance about Tracing Roots and Finding Home

(performed in English; 1 hour performance followed by a discussion)

Experience a heartfelt, personal story of migration and self-discovery as Chan Yuk-Lan brings to life this solo performance. Set between Hong Kong and the UK, this intimate performance shares Chan’s experiences of the struggles and discoveries that come with starting anew.

Leaving behind the politically charged landscape of Hong Kong, Chan navigates life in Britain, all while grappling with the legacy of her late father, Old Bean, whose presence lingers in memory and tradition. (Old Bean, 老豆, is an affectionate term HongKongers use for their fathers.) With evocative storytelling, Chan weaves together narratives of displacement, adaptation and the small moments that shape our sense of identity and belonging.

Whether you have lived the immigrant journey or are simply drawn to stories of resilience and identity, this performance invites you into a world of reflection, connections and the search for the meaning of home.

Currently on tour across the UK, the show has previously toured to Taiwan and Vancouver.

✦Created and performed by Chan Yuk-Lan (陳玉蘭)✦

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chan Yuk-Lan now lives in the UK where she founded Chan’s Applied Theatre Lab. She takes up a wide range of practice as stage actor, Theatre-in-Education director and actor-teacher, Youth Theatre director, workshop facilitator, course planner, teacher educator, writer and researcher. She performs in a range of theatre genres including interactive Theatre-in-Education, physical theatre, solo performance and musical. Her productions have toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, community venues across Scotland, Beijing Capital Theatre and theatre venues in Macau. Her PhD thesis is about the actor-teacher’s approach to acting in interactive Theatre-in-Education works.

✦ Ticket Information:

Tickets: £10 per person.

Concessions:

• £7 tickets are available for people aged under 18 or over 60.
• To access the concession price, enter the discount code: CONCESSION at checkout.