Woo Woolf

Ensemble Not Found

If words fail, cook. If cooking fails, dance.

4 Nov 2025 - 9 Nov 2025

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

4 Nov 2025
9.00pm,
Full: £15
9 Nov 2025
7.00pm,
Full: £15

This is not a Virginia Woolf bio-play. It is funny, painful, and unlike anything you’ve seen—with a little bit of rage.



Devised by an all-migrant ensemble, Woo Woolf is a multilingual fever dream and playful protest.
Three Marys—an oracle, a dancer and a translator—travel across time, language, and metaphor to meet Woolf in memory, mischief, and mushroom stews.
She hears voices. She dances through dreams. She translates what can't be said.
Tracing gendered histories, fading mother tongues, and everyday rituals of care, the piece weaves movement, poetry, dreamscapes, and a surreal cooking show into a fragile tableau of theatrical vignettes.



Produced by Ensemble Not Found (ENF), a collective of first-generation ESEA artists, Woo Woolf gently unsettles fixed narratives while asking: if translation can’t hold us together, could food or poetry?

Age recommendation: 14+
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: £15
Languages: Cantonese, Chinese, English, Hokkien, Italian, Mandarin, English Surtitles
Countries: China
Access: Wheelchair accessible
Show accessibility: English Surtitles
Content warnings: References to pain, trauma, reproductive pressure, war themes, and near-death experience. Includes loud sounds and multilingual content with subtitles.

Cast & Creatives

Concept and Direction: Xiaonan Wang


Devised by the company


 


Performed by  Chien-Hui Yen (Mary the translator), Francesca Marcolina (Mary the Oracle), Wency Lam (Mary the Dancer)


Associate Director:  Haiqing Liang


Movement Direction: Wency Lam


Dramaturgy: Kiki Ye


Lighting and Set Design: Sanli Wang


Sound Design and Music Composition: Jovienne Jin


 


 


Production: Ensemble Not Found 


Production General Management: He Zhang


Stage Management: Shuyin Wang


Previous Devising Ensemble: Ting-Ning Wen, Tuesdae Houston, Tiffany Tang, Vivi Wei

Reviews

'This is not your average storytelling. It can be puzzling. And yet, I can’t stop looking' - The Play's The Thing UK


The performance was truly beautiful and sincere. Powerful and soft, hitting you in the right spot while leaving a smile on your face.' - Audience response

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