Lost in Shanghai

Throughout Jane Hutcheon’s adventurous journalism career, the story of her mother Beatrice’s childhood in pre-Communist China has intrigued her more than any other. After visiting Shanghai in 2018, Jane began to search for the truth of her mother’s difficult beginning and found a story of survival.

Lost in Shanghai is a tale of an ordinary Eurasian family in extraordinary times, set against a backdrop of fading colonial opulence and looming war. Using projected images from the family archive curated by renowned photographer William Yang, and music composed and performed by Dr Terumi Narushima, Jane narrates her mother’s moving story in her own words.

Co-directed by William Yang and Tasnim Hossain, Lost in Shanghai adds to the rich collection of theatrical storytelling works from Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP), such as Double Delicious, The Backstories, In Between Two, and more.