The Garden (2022)

On an normal Monday morning, W woke up to the sound of his alarm clock. He got up, got dressed, washed up, had breakfast... and got ready to work.

It wasn't until he gripped the doorknob that he suddenly realised: it’s his turn, he is locked. Yes he has imagined it before, now it finally happened.

Thanks to his good temper, W told himself- "Oh, I'll probably have to live in this room forever and never be able to go out, right. That'll be it."How should W deal with his situation?

A pink-haired crocodile, a cactus, and various fantasy scenery entered W’s room subsequently... Is this a real fantasy, or W’s imaginative way of self-defence? W's lockdown room transformed into a spiritual garden. Will he be free?

*Partly inspired by Derek Jarman’s film The Garden and the 2022 lockdown.

Selected for 2022 Beijing Fringe Festival