Adventurous Journey of Love



Solo performance 
Adventurous journey: from homophobia to being an ally




The Adventurous Journey of Love -From homophobia to being an ally 2nd Edition: (2023) Paperback – March 14 2023
Chinese edition  by Yuen Chun CHAN (Author)

(One third of the book is in English)
 
To order:
https://www.amazon.ca/Adventurous-Journey-Love-homophobia-being/dp/131277990X


Foreword 
 At one summer night in 2017, I thought I wouldn’t wake up the next morning. So I wrote a short will. Throughout that process, I discovered I had unfinished business. 
 I must write down this story and tell everybody that I know. I did a solo performance of this true story for 10 shows in 7 cities: Toronto, Harrisonburg, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, and Taipei.


2017

Each solo performance was followed by a performance from the local Playback Theatre so the audience can tell their stories and have them immediately enacted on the stage. I called it the “I/We Project”. As a Playback Theatre Leadership graduate, I love to honour every authentic story that anyone wants to share.

 


Yuen Chun is a graduate of the International Playback Theatre Leadership Program (2014)








                                    2018   Hong Kong

                                     2019       Taipei




About the author 
Yuen Chun Chan was a former instructor of Social Work and Counseling 
at the City University of Hong Kong. 
 She is also a graduate of the Playback Theatre Leadership program. 
She is now enjoying a happy retirement with her husband in Toronto, Canada


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