PRESS “HOT POT Will Come to Playhouse East in June” Broadway World “Auka Productions Announces Debut Play Hot Pot at Playhouse East” Theatre weekly “A new play set over a shared meal examining friendship, gay identity and the small betrayals of adult life.” culture calling “what happens when old friends reunite over dinner? hot pot brings friendship and identity to playhouse east” Theatre village “Hot Pot: A Queer East Asian Play About A Meal, Four Friends and What Remains Unsaid” Cha Journal “Hongwei Bao discusses his debut play Hot Pot” RED BUS LONDINIUM “Hongwei Bao explores East Asian LGBT identity in new play Hot Pot” YASS Magazine “New Stage Play Offers Nuanced Representation of Queer East Asian Experience” QX Magazine “Playwright Hongwei Bao talks East Asian LGBT show Hot Pot” First Night Magazine “Blending queer East Asian history with an intimate story of friendship, HOT POT marks the stage debut of playwright, poet and academic Hongwei Bao.” Adventures in TheatreLand “London Independent Theatre to See in June 2026: Ikon Magazine’s Picks” Ikon London Magazine
