news | Monday April 2, 2018

“This play is dangerously cool.”

1920s Hong Kong. A killer on the loose. Chinese detective Tommy Lam, the city’s most brilliant sleuth, is called in to investigate. Battling racism and his own reputation, Tommy follows clues to the glamorous Nine Dragons nightclub and into the haze of the opium trade … Nine Dragons is a hard-boiled mystery with a twist: a cross-cultural thriller and “a smart exploration of colonialism, racism, assimilation, and the clash of cultures” (Joff Schmidt, CBC). In the words of Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (artistic director at New Harlem Productions), “This play is dangerously cool.”

Jovanni Sy’s new play has arrived! And it’s right on time: the book is available in print just as the play is being mounted at Richmond’s Gateway Theatre from April 12 through 21. Books will be available for sale at the theatre; if you’re planning to attend the play, why not pick up a copy during intermission? Or, if you won’t be at the theatre, order your copy from Talon.