Lai Yan Chi's Drama ─ Women in RedLingnan UniversityLingnan Arts Festival ( Opening Event )

Women in Red is a solo performance by actor, film maker and theatre director Mo Lai Yan-chi. Her performance consists of eight stories that she selected from many years of practicing Playback Theatre, a form of improvisational theatre that involves audience members telling their own stories and actors re-enacting them instantly for them on stage. In an interview with Varsity Magazine Mo Lai says: “Playback Theatre is lately gaining popularity in Hong Kong, although we at FM Theatre Power have been doing this for around a decade. […] The audiences come not just to watch a show, but to share their real-life stories. In these 10 years, I must have listened to several hundred stories – many of which have touched me or inspired me in their own ways. I hope that they will be heard by a larger audience, because these [storytellers’] lives have influenced mine. As an actress, I hope to bring these stories to more people.”

Woman in Red, which ran at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in 2014. Her theatrical work has won Lai many critical accolades, as well as leading to numerous opportunities for cultural exchanges abroad. Woman in Red was invited to perform at the International Community Arts Festival 2017 in Holland.