Who am I? Where do I belong?
Neither Here Nor There is a documentary theatre inspired by verbatim and autobiographical material with shadow puppetry . It follows two women—one second-generation Chinese-Spanish, the other mixed-race Danish, Nigerian, and Italian—each navigating multiple worlds.
As they wrestle with identity, belonging, and the weight of expectations, their balloons become mirrors of their struggles and imaginary friends offering comfort in a world that often doesn’t understand them.
Through raw, intimate dialogue, they confront alienation, racial prejudice, and the search for home. Poignant, deeply personal, and laced with humour, this play speaks to international, second-generation, third-culture individuals, immigrants, and anyone questioning their place in society. It’s for those shaped by more than one culture—belonging to all and none.
Join us on this journey—you might just see yourself in it.
Credits
Producer: Sunny Jie Liu
Playwright: Isabell Friis
Director: Sunny Jie Liu
Performer: Sunny Jie Liu & Isabell Friis
Original Story Contributor: Isabell Friis & Yufei Lucía Jiang
Puppeteer: Fangnan Zhao & Wenqi Yu
Puppet Designer: Sophie Underwood & Apple Ding
Set Designer & Poster Designer: Naomi (Ruizhi) Zhang
Projection Designer & Operator & Sound Operator: Xiaomin Fan
Sound Designer: Carla Ng
Lighting Designer & Operator: Yuhan Zhao
Stagehand: Sihan Liu
Poster Photographer: Tianshuo Zhang, Bing Xu Qiang (assistant)
Photographer: Rulin Ma
Videographer: Wisteria Zi Zhang
Special Thanks to the Interviewees:
Mika Shirahama, Yufei Lucía Jiang, Lisa He, Jun Quan Jonathan Tong, John Reech Bumanglag, Aidan Harris, William Eden, Mustafa Minhas, Ema Zaveckyte