Asian Migrants' Theatre Company Hong Kong Fringe Club Tomorrow, 2.30pm and 4.30pm The Asian Migrants' Theatre Company and the Asian People's Theatre Festival Society will restage The Internet Cafe - a satirical comedy about e-mail-order brides directed by Cha de la Cruz. The production, featuring a cast of 15 Filipino migrant workers, is a play about the real-life experiences of e-mail-order brides. According to Augustine Mok of the Asian People's Theatre, there used to be a time when women, usually from poor countries, contacted men (who eventually became their husbands) in the west through an exchange of letters. 'Nowadays, women, including migrant workers from the Philippines in Hong Kong, spend time on the internet to find a husband, from America and so on,' the street performance artist says. 'The couple would have corresponded through cyberspace, but never met until they get married.' Mok says the existence of these women arises from globalisation, which operates through cyberspace. 'The play presents the sad realities in life faced by women trapped in a world of consumerism, and great disparity between the rich and the poor countries. ' The Asian Migrants company was set up in 2000 to raise public awareness about the working and living conditions of migrant workers. The Internet Cafe was first staged last December, on the streets of Mongkok and at the Hong Kong Fringe Club, in response to the World Trade Organisation conference. 2 Lower Albert St, Central, $80. Inquiries: 3528 9049
