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Shanghai Dolls 2025

Opened: April 3, 2025
Closing: May 10, 2025

Shanghai Dolls - 2025 West End History , Info & More

Kiln Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road London NW6 7JR London

The true story of a cultural martyr and a cultural oppressor.

When two penniless actresses meet in Shanghai at auditions for Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, they quickly become inseparable. But as political upheaval rips through China, their tumultuous friendship will alter not only the course of their lives, but the course of history. One will become China’s first female director. The other, the architect of the Cultural Revolution.

Amy Ng’s newest play looks at the untold story of two of the most influential women in Chinese history – Madam Mao and Sun Weishi – and how the personal truly is political.

__Assisted Perfromances:__


Audio Described, 8 May, 7.30pm


Captioned, 28 April, 7.30pm

Relaxed, 3 May, 2.30pm

Touch Tour, 8 May, 6pm

__Special Perfromances:__


Post-Show Q&A 24 April, 7.30pm


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Review: SHANGHAI DOLLS, Kiln Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - April 11, 2025


Looking at the rise and fall of two powerful Chinese women through the vague lens of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House probably sounded good on paper. It’s a shame then that Shanghai Dolls fails to deliver on almost every front.

Photos: SHANGHAI DOLLS World Premiere Cast in Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2025


Kiln Theatre in association with Paines Plough is presenting the upcoming world premiere of Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng. Get a first look inside rehearsals here!

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