Yellow Face

Special Relationship Productions in Association with Park Theatre present the UK premiere of Yellow Face.

Written by David Henry Hwang
Directed by Alex Sims

Special Relationship Productions in association with Park Theatre present the UK
premiere of Yellow Face by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, directed by Alex Sims starring David Yip and Kevin Shen, produced by Lucy Fenton. The play opens on 21 May and will run for 4 weeks in Park Theatre’s state-of-the-art Park90 space.

Press Night is 23 May 19.45. There will also be a Pre-Matinee Q&A on 25 May with
David Henry Hwang 12:00-13.30pm in Park 200.

A fast-paced and timely comedy-drama, this Obie Award-winning, Pulitzer Prize finalist play is a response to the 1990s Broadway protests which followed the controversial casting of Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce in the lead Eurasian role in Cameron Mackintosh’s hit transfer of Miss Saigon.

In Yellow Face, art imitates life to great and amusing effect in a play which tackles the issues of identity and race whilst still managing to be hilarious. David Henry Hwang casts himself as the main protagonist, ‘DHH’. After becoming the ‘public face of the opposition’ in the Miss Saigon debacle, DHH later becomes embroiled in his own casting drama when he mistakenly chooses a Caucasian actor (Marcus), for the lead Asian role of his own play, Face Value.

Commenting on the forthcoming premiere of Yellow face at Park Theatre, David Henry Hwang says:

"I couldn't be more excited about the upcoming UK premiere of Yellow Face at Park
Theatre. Particularly in light of recent casting controversies regarding East Asian
actors, I hope the play will give us a chance to laugh together, as we explore the
complicated question of what it means to 'play' another race -- onstage, as well as in
life. I'm also looking forward to reconnecting with British audiences, more than 20
years after M. Butterfly" David Henry Hwang