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Reuters
Reuters
Entertainment
By Angie Teo and Jessie Pang

Theatre in democratic Taiwan stages Hong Kong play about Tiananmen square

An actor and an actress perform Hong Kong’s play "May 35", the story of parents grieving the loss of their son killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Wang

A Taiwan theatre is showcasing a Hong Kong play about Tiananmen Square to mark the 34th anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing, saying almost as much about shrinking freedoms in the former British colony as it does about the 1989 bloodshed.

Taiwan's Shinehouse theatre group, with the support of rights group Amnesty International, is putting on six performances of "35th of May" in Taipei from June 2-4. The play is about parents grieving for their son killed in Tiananmen Square.

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