Caged Sisters Musical
East Meets West Theatre CIC
Step inside the Red Mansion and experience 2025's daring new musical where love is a gamble, power is fleeting, and fate is unavoidable.
This East-meets-West fusion reimagines China’s most beloved classic with a thrilling score blending traditional eastern melodies, western musical theatre, and pop nostalgia. Fans of Miss Saigon, Six or Games of Throne, this show will captivate you with its sweeping romance, political intrigue from a unique oriental perspective. If you love epic stories, East-West fusion, or want to see an ambitious 100% ESEA musical production, Caged Sisters will move and captivate you.
What is the Story? - A Tale of Love, Power and Tragedy.
In a world where fate is written in ink and blood, two sisters navigate love, survival, and scheme within a powerful yet decaying household. One seeks security through seduction and obedience, the other freedom through defiance—but both are caught in a web of feudalism, deception, and doomed passion. As power shifts and choices unravel, their fates become a chilling reflection of a society where even the victors are prisoners of their own making. A story of dreams turned to dust, love turned to ruin, and survival at an unbearable cost.
What's the Inspiration? - A Story From Red Mansion's Dream (红楼梦）
Often hailed as China’s greatest literary masterpiece, Hónglóu Mèng is a sweeping epic of love, power, and downfall within an aristocratic family in the 18th century. Originally written by Cao Xueqin, it is a story of forbidden romance, social ambition, and the inescapable grip of fate, all set against the backdrop of a crumbling dynasty. Think of it as China’s Gone with the Wind meets Pride and Prejudice, with the grandeur of The Great Gatsby—but deeper, darker, and more heartbreakingly real. It’s not just a novel; it’s a cultural phenomenon. It has shaped Chinese literature, philosophy, and drama for centuries.
This East-meets-West fusion reimagines China’s most beloved classic with a thrilling score blending traditional eastern melodies, western musical theatre, and pop nostalgia. Fans of Miss Saigon, Six or Games of Throne, this show will captivate you with its sweeping romance, political intrigue from a unique oriental perspective. If you love epic stories, East-West fusion, or want to see an ambitious 100% ESEA musical production, Caged Sisters will move and captivate you.
What is the Story? - A Tale of Love, Power and Tragedy.
In a world where fate is written in ink and blood, two sisters navigate love, survival, and scheme within a powerful yet decaying household. One seeks security through seduction and obedience, the other freedom through defiance—but both are caught in a web of feudalism, deception, and doomed passion. As power shifts and choices unravel, their fates become a chilling reflection of a society where even the victors are prisoners of their own making. A story of dreams turned to dust, love turned to ruin, and survival at an unbearable cost.
What's the Inspiration? - A Story From Red Mansion's Dream (红楼梦）
Often hailed as China’s greatest literary masterpiece, Hónglóu Mèng is a sweeping epic of love, power, and downfall within an aristocratic family in the 18th century. Originally written by Cao Xueqin, it is a story of forbidden romance, social ambition, and the inescapable grip of fate, all set against the backdrop of a crumbling dynasty. Think of it as China’s Gone with the Wind meets Pride and Prejudice, with the grandeur of The Great Gatsby—but deeper, darker, and more heartbreakingly real. It’s not just a novel; it’s a cultural phenomenon. It has shaped Chinese literature, philosophy, and drama for centuries.
Event Details
Genre: Musical
Duration: 60 mins, 90 mins
Price: £18
Social Media
Web: mangolingo.co.uk/cagedsistersmusical
Information
Pregnancy loss, references to sex, depiction of suicide; use of haze, loud sound and strobe lighting.
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
