OzAsia review: The Story of Chi
As audiences sit and wait for the The Story of Chi to begin, ‘Puff, the Magic Dragon’ by Peter, Paul and Mary, plays through the theatre. It is a nostalgic, emotive foreshadowing of what is to come.
As audiences sit and wait for the The Story of Chi to begin, ‘Puff, the Magic Dragon’ by Peter, Paul and Mary, plays through the theatre. It is a nostalgic, emotive foreshadowing of what is to come.
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