A sizzling queer tragicomedy set in a warehouse during COVID, where an all-Asian cast battles love, labour, and ideology. Lobster brains are served. Grief is weaponised. Taylor Swift did Tiananmen Square.
Chinese Restaurant is a two-act tragicomedy about class, heartbreak, and the politics of survival.Sam is a warehouse manager and committed unionist. Cass is her ex—and now her co-worker—who’s climbing the corporate ladder and dating a man who uses words like “civilisational decay.” Their breakup wasn’t just personal. It was ideological.Set in a unionised warehouse during the pandemic, the play follows their tense, tangled reunion: accusations, apologies, flirtations, and the weight of everything they didn’t say. Their co-worker Skid tries to keep the peace—but as the past resurfaces, so does something more volatile than love.Lobster brains are served. Grief is weaponised. Taylor Swift did Tiananmen Square.
