The Monkey Queen is an original theatre play weaving text, movement, visual and music. It is a story about female identity and empowerment through cultural and ancestral mythology. Reality crosses the border with an ancient legend from the female perspective of the warrior in a fantastical landscape close to home.

This story is inspired by the mythology of the Monkey King in Wu Cheng’En’s 16th century epic – Journey to the West. Monkey Queen is his counterpart, was born in the West and is journeying East, in search of her spiritual and ancestral roots as she discovers her own meaning as a warrior. The playwright reimagines an ancient tale through her personal journey as a Chinese Canadian female artist.