Looking forward to speaking at this wonderful conference at LSE this weekend. Free to attend but registration is essential. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Pound to be part of the Departure Lounge Festival at Derby Theatre and offer HOT POT as an accessible performance (Audio Described Introduction for blind and visually impaired audience members and Captioned Performance for D/deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audience members).

Thanks to all the reviewers and audience members for your generous comments about the play Hot Pot. The play is currently running its final week. Next stops: Derby and Tumbridge Wells. www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

Thanks to all the reviewers and audience members for your very kind words about the Hot Pot show. The Hot Pot team is on the road. Next stops: Bristol, Derby and Tumbridge Wells. www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

With three 4-star reviews so far and many positive comments, Hot Pot is on the road this and next week, hitting theatres in Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol, Derby and Langton Green. www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

Critical reviews of the Hot Pot show during its London premiere week. On tour to other UK cities in the next two weeks. www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

Thanks to @theatreweekly.com for this very generous review of the show Hot Pot, running in London this weekend and touring to other cities in the next two weeks.

HOT POT (16 June-5 July) ★★★★ Theatre Weekly: “a brilliant example of how new writing can start powerful conversations”; “not only stands up, it stands out.” ★★★★ Red Bus Londinium praised the production’s exploration of friendship, identity, memory and belonging.

Excited to have received two 4-star reviews of the HOT POT show the day after the press night. The show is currently on at Playhouse East London and will be touring to other UK cities in the next three weeks. More info: www.aukaproductions.com/reviews

The first night at Playhouse East was a great success! Thanks to everyone for the support! More great nights to come! www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

A new queer East Asian play, Hot Pot, will première at Playhouse East in London @playhouseeast on 16 June and then tour nationally till 5 July. Written by Hongwei Bao @queercomrades123 and produced by Auka Productions @aukaproductions. www.soundbehindcurtain.com/a-new-queer-...

My great pleasure to talk about queerness, East Asian identity and the upcoming play HOT POT (premiering in London and touring to Nottingham, Derby, Leeds, Bristol and Langton Green from next week onwards) with First Flight. firstnightmagazine.com/2026/06/11/p...

Thanks to Writing East Midlands for featuring my work for the Pride Month. More info about my upcoming show HOT POT (premiering in London next week and touring to Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol, Derby and Langton Green): www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

Hi everyone! I am thrilled to announce that the play text for the Hot Pot show has just been published in time for the show's UK tour (première in London and then touring to Nottingham, Leeds, Derby, Bristol and Langton Green) in the next three weeks. poeticedgepublishers.com/hongwei-bao-...

The European Poetry Festival Nottingham stop, partnered with Nottingham City of Literature, taking place at Nottingham Contemporary this Saturday evening. Free event and all welcome! www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nottingham

Discussing the play HOT POT with Red Bus Londinium. redbuslondinium.uk/2026/05/29/h...

Pleased to see the play coming to UK theatres in two weeks’ time. Check out the show near you: www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

The stage play HOT POT will be touring in UK theatres from mid-June to paces such as London, Nottingham, Derby, Leeds and Langton Green. Please check out the show info. www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

Excited to see the new poster and cast announcement of the HOT POT play, touring in UK theatres in June and July, 2026.

Pleased to share that the paperback version of Queer Literature in the Sinosphere (Bloomsbury 2026) has just been published. The book contains fourteen well researched and nicely written chapters and has received many amazing scholarly reviews. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-lit...

Just popped in Gay’s the Word bookshop in London and signed a few copies of the newly published paperback version of Queer Literature in the Sinosphere. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-lit...

Looking forward to performing my poetry at the European Poetry Festival at Nottingham Contemporary on 6 June. Free event and all welcome! Register here www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nottingham

Excited to learn that my second poetry collection Self-Portrait as a Banana (Poetic Edge Publishers 2025) has been accepted by the National Poetry Library at Southbank Centre in London, following my two other collections already on their catalogue. npl.southbankcentre.co.uk/P10311UK/OPA...

'Zizzi' performance at @brumhippodrome as part of the @newearththeatre theatremakers programme 2025-26. Photo credit: Paul Stringer. Performance video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuX...

Thanks to The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing for featuring two of my short stories in the April book club. Both 'Zizzi' and 'Reunion' have been recently adapted to stay plays, with the former performed at Birmingham Hippodrome in February. writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/book-club/ap...

From ancient deities to modern-day poets, queer life has shaped Chinese culture for centuries. In this new episode of our 开门见山 | Gateway to Global China podcast, Yangyang sits down with Hongwei Bao and Darius Longarino to explore queer Chinese activism and literature.

Pleased to be in this conversation with @yangyangcheng.bsky.social and @dariuslongarino.bsky.social about queer culture in China for @madeinchinajournal.com

Check out this short play by @queercomrades.bsky.social based on the piece "Zizzi" from Variant issue 20!

If you missed my New Earth Theatre Birmingham Hippodrome showcase/scratch night back in February, this is a recording of the tech rehearsal Happy watching! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuX...

Thanks to Dr Si Long Chan for this great conversation about poetry, queerness and East Asian identity, and to @leafepress.bsky.social Litter Magazine for publishing it. www.littermagazine.org/2026/04/inte...

A much-awaited project is finally here! If you’re working on queer film festivals, queer cinema, or related topics, we would love to hear from you - please consider submitting! Deadline: 1 July, 2026. www.chinaindiefilm.org/chinese-inde...

Looking forward to co-chairing this panel discussion with Professor Paul Gladston on Queer Video Art in Mainland China. Free event and all welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-vide...

CFP: Chinese Queer Film Festivals (Chinese Independent Cinema Observer Special Issue, edited by Jenny Man Wu, Andy Ke Zhu and Hongwei Bao) www.chinaindiefilm.org/chinese-inde...

Looking forward to this wonderful conversation hosted by the Centre for Worlding Modern Languages at the University of Bristol. 'Worlding Queer Sexualities', Tuesday 14 April, 5.15pm – 7pm, LR8, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TE. All are welcome!

Interviewed by Neue Zürcher Zeitung for an article on Chengdu as China’s gay capital: www.nzz.ch/internationa...

On the anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak, we’re sharing “Wuhan Lockdown Diary,” by Guo Jing (tr. @queercomrades.bsky.social), from our archives. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Thrilled to announce that the queer play I wrote, Hot Pot, will be created by a full British East and Southeast Asian cast and creative team, and performed at Lakeside Arts Nottingham on 25 June. General booking opens on 18 March. All welcome! www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/hot-po...

“A society cannot churn out dead tragic heroes forever; it should take responsibility for those who have already died and those who are still living.” Read “Wuhan Lockdown Diary" written by Chinese feminist activist Guo Jing in 2020, during the Wuhan Lockdown.

'Hot Pot', an English-language Chinese queer play written by me and produced by Auka Productions, with a full East and Southeast Asian cast and creative team, will be staged at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham on 25 June. All welcome! www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/hot-po...

Performed in my short play 'Zizzi' with Altus Chan at the Birmingham Hippodrome New Earth theatre makers showcase two weeks ago. Thanks to everyone involved for the support! www.birminghamhippodrome.com/calendar/new...

Queer zines often feature queer manifestos. What do Chinese queer manifestos look like? Read this translated and edited essay from the latest issue of @madeinchinajournal.com. Thanks also to the support of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection. madeinchinajournal.com/2026/02/23/q...

In this essay, @queercomrades.bsky.social explores how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted across the global Chinese diaspora in recent years, highlighting creative reimaginings that promote an open and undogmatic vision of queer Chinese identity and heritage.

In this essay, I explore how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted across the global Chinese diaspora in recent years, highlighting creative reimaginings that promote an open and undogmatic vision of queer Chinese identity and heritage.

“Imagining Transnational Chinese Queer Literary Studies: A Conversation on Queer Literature in the Sinosphere” with Hongwei Bao and Maria Elena Indelicato is now available open access on the Journal of Intercultural Studies website.

'this collection integrates an impressive array of theoretical frameworks, concepts, and perspectives to analyse queer literature in the Sinosphere, challenging dominant narratives in literary criticism, and further reinvigorating the study with innovative insights and approaches.’ Dr Heshen Xie

‘Queer Literature in the Sinosphere, edited by Hongwei Bao and Yahia Ma, presents a groundbreaking and timely scholarly achievement, celebrating the richness and depth of queer literature of the Sinosphere through contributions from a distinguished cohort of scholars.' Dr Heshen Xie

‘Tracing back to Ming-Qing homoerotic literature and probing into contemporary danmei and GL fiction, this book stages a vibrant dialogue between the queer past and present, and achieves a delicate balance between the serious and the popular.' On Queer Literature in the Sinosphere

'it brings to the fore transness, queer woman and the queer working-class, which has received inadequate attention from both the academic and the public sphere.’ Qingsheng Xiao reviews Queer Literature in the Sinosphere (Bloomsbury, 2024) for The Shanghai Literary Review

Looking forward to the rehearsed reading of my play Hot Pot at the Cockpit Theatre in London this weekend.

Thanks to Andy Npoet from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Poetry Podcast) for this great podcast about my new poetry collection Self-Portrait as a Banana (Poetic Edge Publishers 2025). Great conversation about poetry and more. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...