Born in Beijing and raised in Guilin, Siobhan JIANG has now lived in Hong Kong for more than a decade. Over the years, she has become a “new Hongkonger”—not only in terms of her identity documents, but also in the eyes of those around her.
Yet along this journey of displacement, there are things that transcend official documentation: the traits and memories she carries from her hometown, her wavering sense of identity, and the geopolitical pressures and financial hardship she faces as an actor committed to the principle of “artistic freedom” in an increasingly turbulent world.
The Last Performance premiered in 2024 as a farewell production at the end of the artists’ studies, responding to the social events of the time. Since then, the work has continued to evolve, incorporating the new uncertainties and realities they have encountered after entering professional life.
Yet along this journey of displacement, there are things that transcend official documentation: the traits and memories she carries from her hometown, her wavering sense of identity, and the geopolitical pressures and financial hardship she faces as an actor committed to the principle of “artistic freedom” in an increasingly turbulent world.
The Last Performance premiered in 2024 as a farewell production at the end of the artists’ studies, responding to the social events of the time. Since then, the work has continued to evolve, incorporating the new uncertainties and realities they have encountered after entering professional life.
Floating Boat Project
Floating Boat Project
Drifting Boat Theatre is an independent theatre-making collective founded by Xu Yingbang James and Chelsea ZHANG, with Hong Kong as its primary creative base.
Drawing on the founders’ own experiences of migration, the company’s works often centre on people of different identities and cultural backgrounds who find themselves displaced or living far from home. Through approaches including documentary theatre and devised theatre, the company creates contemporary performance works that engage closely with social realities.
The company also regularly organises community theatre and playback theatre activities, building connections within Hong Kong’s migrant communities while exploring a range of social issues arising from cross-cultural experiences.
Recent productions include:
• The Last Performance (2024), nominated for Best Production, Best Director and Best Actress at the International Monodrama Festival;
• Foxfinder (2024), a devised theatre production examining conditions of survival in post-2019 Hong Kong;
• Floating with Hong Kong, a documentary theatre production about the experiences of Mainland Chinese women living in a state of displacement in Hong Kong, invited to be presented at the 2023 Hong Kong New Concept Arts Festival; and
• Everywhere, written by Huang Suhuai, presented as a staged reading at the 2023 Shekou Theatre Festival in Shenzhen and inspired by the series of worker suicides at Foxconn factories.
Drifting Boat Theatre is an independent theatre-making collective founded by Xu Yingbang James and Chelsea ZHANG, with Hong Kong as its primary creative base.
Drawing on the founders’ own experiences of migration, the company’s works often centre on people of different identities and cultural backgrounds who find themselves displaced or living far from home. Through approaches including documentary theatre and devised theatre, the company creates contemporary performance works that engage closely with social realities.
The company also regularly organises community theatre and playback theatre activities, building connections within Hong Kong’s migrant communities while exploring a range of social issues arising from cross-cultural experiences.
Recent productions include:
• The Last Performance (2024), nominated for Best Production, Best Director and Best Actress at the International Monodrama Festival;
• Foxfinder (2024), a devised theatre production examining conditions of survival in post-2019 Hong Kong;
• Floating with Hong Kong, a documentary theatre production about the experiences of Mainland Chinese women living in a state of displacement in Hong Kong, invited to be presented at the 2023 Hong Kong New Concept Arts Festival; and
• Everywhere, written by Huang Suhuai, presented as a staged reading at the 2023 Shekou Theatre Festival in Shenzhen and inspired by the series of worker suicides at Foxconn factories.
Producer / Concept / Director: Xu Yingbang James
Devising Performer: Siobhan JIANG
Dramaturg / Theme Song Composer and Lyricist: Rick Hok-leung CHEUNG
Production Manager / Deputy Stage Manager: Nickole LI
Stage Manager: Trini CHONG
Set and Costume Designer: Jessie LAM
Lighting Designer and Operator: Tim WONG
Lighting Operator: Draco WONG
Composer and Sound Designer: So Chuen On
Voice Performer: Yumei
Intermedia Consultant: Erin LO
Sound and Video Operator: Homan So
Front-of-House / Supertitles Operator: Chelsea ZHANG
Administration: Mo, Taiwan; Lily SHI, Hong Kong
Special Thanks: Tiantai Production, Hong Kong; 黃俊諺, Little Phantom Light Design Studio
2024 Premiere Production Team:
Jethro、Sun Jiaxin、Annie Liu、Ruan Wenyue、Leona Wang、Adrain Chan Tsz-shan and Marco Chan Wai-fai
Devising Performer: Siobhan JIANG
Dramaturg / Theme Song Composer and Lyricist: Rick Hok-leung CHEUNG
Production Manager / Deputy Stage Manager: Nickole LI
Stage Manager: Trini CHONG
Set and Costume Designer: Jessie LAM
Lighting Designer and Operator: Tim WONG
Lighting Operator: Draco WONG
Composer and Sound Designer: So Chuen On
Voice Performer: Yumei
Intermedia Consultant: Erin LO
Sound and Video Operator: Homan So
Front-of-House / Supertitles Operator: Chelsea ZHANG
Administration: Mo, Taiwan; Lily SHI, Hong Kong
Special Thanks: Tiantai Production, Hong Kong; 黃俊諺, Little Phantom Light Design Studio
2024 Premiere Production Team:
Jethro、Sun Jiaxin、Annie Liu、Ruan Wenyue、Leona Wang、Adrain Chan Tsz-shan and Marco Chan Wai-fai
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