In 1994, with tears in her eyes, the nine-year-old Alice Cheung watched as her childhood home, Kowloon Walled City, was torn down and its residents sent to find new homes across Hong Kong and aboard.

City of Darkness is a powerful tragi-comedy and visual spectacle based on Kowloon Walled City of Hong Kong. Its architecture and stories have been fascinating the world even after two decades after its demolishment.

Theatre Ash have researched, developed and devised the piece under the artistic direction of world-renowned theatre director David Glass (UK). They bring together some of the finest talent in physical, dance and devised theatre from Hong Kong and South-East Asia to perform a heart-stopping elegy to a world long disappeared.


“Like watching a movie. It gives the audiences a brand new experience watching a theatre performance”
  Tribunjogja.com (Jogja local news website)
        – Wahyu Setia Nugroho (reporter)
	
"How human struggle is depicted in the entertaining way"
    Tempo.co (National news website) – Aisha Sadira (editor)

“Beautiful”
“New way to build spectacle and stage scenography”
    Media Indonesia (National News Paper)

“Claustrophobic but entertaining”
“Magical”
    Tempo (one of the biggest National Magazine) – Seno Joko Suyono (Reporter and Theatre Critic)
 
“Powerful imagery. Great ensemble work. Brave and ground-breaking for Hong Kong.”
    Peter Jordon, former Head of Acting of HKAPA
	
"Powerful and stimulating and demonstrating the impressive ensemble.”
    Dr. Cheung Ping Kuen, School Director at Hong Kong Arts School

“Poetic beauty within violence.”
    Yung Chi-Mo, filmmaker

“Beautiful and full of passion”
    Eddy Zee, Head of Performing Arts, Taikwun

“Creative and beautiful!”
    Dandan Liang, theatre producer