Tales of silent suffering through monologues

These performers vary in age and occupation, and most of them are performing onstage for the first time, but all of them have close experiences of depression.

The women tell in total seven stories. Their age groups vary between 20 and 50 years.

"We hoped that the actors can use the straightforward method of monologue to express their feelings, so really there is no strict standards of identity, age or stage experience. Our most important standard is that they are able to very genuinely and honestly say what they'd like to say," she says.

The production is created and performed adopting Liao's concept of "life performance", setting itself apart from traditional theater productions by allowing the performers a high degree of freedom to create and express themselves.

Liao started experimenting with this concept around 10 years ago, as an exploration of navigating between performance art and the performing arts.