High Life

28 品 “We take what we want from each other, but we resist giving ourselves to others. We constantly pit our emotional needs against the physical realities of everyday life. Are we becoming less human and more like ghosts? What if the ‘fox’ spirit truly exists, a being who can see our innermost wants and desires and is able to hold all these up to the light?” Describing Edward Lam, literary consultant to the play Yang Zhao says, “In person Edward Lam is mild-mannered and sensitive, but in his plays, a clear-sighted and piercing intelligence can often be discerned, targeting the deceptions and delusions of social mores. “Edward’s plays are not designed simply as entertainment or distraction; they compel us to take a close look at ourselves and examine the unreasonable or questionable aspects of our lives, to consider possibilities for alternative ways of being.” Having just finished four dates in Hong Kong in June, Why We Chat? will tour 11 cities in mainland China in October including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.