Yang/Young/杨

Yang/Young/杨
By Sherry Zhang and Nuanzhi Zheng

An identity crisis, final year exams and a boy called Timothée Chalamet is just the beginning!

Poppy Young, high school it-girl, struggles to adapt to her new outsider status, meanwhile usually quiet Qiu Ju Yang navigates being vulnerable in love and at home. What do these two opposites have in common? Turns out its more than just their names…

A heart-warming Gen Z story celebrating truth and identity that will have you cackling, cringing and a little choked up too.

Told in Mandarin, Shanghainese and English.

Contains occasional use of strong language. Ages 14 +

Directed by Nathan Joe
Designed by Daniel Williams, Nuanzhi Zheng, Minsoh Rachel Choi, Tim Jansen, Kenji Iwamitsu-Holdaway

HERE & NOW FESTIVAL JULY 23 – 30

HERE & NOW Festival is back! Young theatre-makers take over the Basement in a mid-winter celebration! HERE & NOW is Auckland Theatre Company’s annual Festival connecting young people and emerging artists to professional theatre. It’s a place for telling our stories, making our own work, and working alongside amazing practitioners.