Theatre review: Wolf in the House brought up to date

Wolf in the House

Black Box Productions

Hong Kong Repertory Theatre

Until March 28

This is a new stage adaptation of London-based playwright Simon Wu’s psychological thriller that was billed, in the early 1990s, primarily as a gay play.

Homosexuality, at the time, was still considered a taboo in Hong Kong and dramas that delved explicitly into the subject were few and far between. Today, a play about one man's obsession with another barely raises an eyebrow. We live in a world where same-sex marriage is legalised in a growing number of countries in the West, and a more tolerant Hong Kong that now hosts its own gay pride events.