I AM. AM I
A human story told through movement, dance, and circus.
I Am. Am I is a bold new solo show by Louiseanne Pui Chi Wong — a fusion of dance, circus, Parkour, and theatre.
Explosive and intimate in equal measure, the work peels back the layers of identity to ask: Who am I?, and Who decides? Drawing on Louiseanne experience of growing up in Hong Kong and living between cultures, the show tackles social conditioning, displacement, and the constant push to define yourself against society’s labels.
At the centre of the stage is a fridge — part playground, part battleground. Louiseanne jumps on it, inside it, dismantles it. A symbol of survival, memory, and frozen time, the fridge transforms into a powerful metaphor for what keeps us alive and what keeps us trapped.
With the physical ferocity of Krump, the precision of Parkour, and the spectacle of dance and circus, I Am. Am I cracks open urgent questions around East Asian diaspora, hidden racism, and the human fight to reclaim selfhood. It’s raw, electric, and utterly original — a performance that refuses to be contained.
Photography by Rhys Fagan (@rhysalexandermedia).
Creator and Performer Louisanne Wong
Dramaturg Naomi Sumner Chan
Movement Director Aline David
Sound Designer Sharon Tsang
Lighting Designer Jenny Roxburgh
Lighting Designer (The Lowry) Yanni Ng
Fridge Designer Barnz Munn
Stage Manager Isabel Hoi Yan Chan
Mentors Amanda Pefkou, Rachel Clare, Anthony Missen, Kasturi Torchia
This show was made in partnership with On Your Side UK and supported by Lowry Developed With, Horizons Collective, TURN prize (hÅb, Company Chameleon, DCNW, Project Auske), Crying Out Loud, New Earth Theatre, Kakilang Arts, The Place, and Esprit Concrete.
With special thanks to: Daniel York Loh, Benji Reid, Emma Underwood, New Adelphi Theatre, Waterside Arts, Andy Brunt, Griffith Rees, mandla, Tim Lenkiewicz, Lee Payne, Eric Moor, Scarabeaus Aerial Arts, Ockham’s Razor, and Turtle Key Arts.