Yellow Gentlemen

March, 2006 (Produced by sirius arts in association with Yellow Earth Theatre)

A new play by Benjamin Yeoh
Directed by Bronwyn Lim

"What if life could be undone?"

Tommy Lee is dying. He is clinging on to life waiting for his daughter to come. They haven't spoken for a long time and he has something to say. Two men are interfering. They want his secrets before he dies. They will stop at nothing. What he knows could change their lives. A meditation on regrets, destiny and death.

"...the vertiginous sense of possibility and regret present in Yeoh’s intelligent script."
Time Out

One of the first plays on the British scene to singularly address the East Asian immigrant culture, Yellow Gentlemen is the third work by Benjamin Yeoh to be premiered in London. In an unusual time warp, it tells the story of Tommy Lee, from his migration to Britain in the 1950s to the present, where he lies dying. It tackles the ideas of race and class on a deeply personal level, as one man seeks to come to terms with his death and fate. What if life could be undone?

Yellow Gentlemen is directed by Bronwyn Lim, who was recently chosen to participate in Contact Theatre's Directors Programme. A cast and crew of predominantly British East Asian background add to the veracity of Yellow Gentlemen, which relates specifically to the overseas Chinese-Malay experience.

Yellow Gentlemen was also part of the China in London 2006 Festival, a major season of events that will celebrate Chinese arts and culture and the many links between London and China.

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