When the World is Your Enemy

EVENT DESCRIPTION

When the World is Your Enemy is an interactive, live‑action world‑building simulation in which participants are drawn into a volatile mythic system, where civilisations rise and fall under unseen forces, and every choice reshapes the balance of power.

Co-presented and co-produced by WestK Performing Arts and The Drifters@Jing Wong Creations, the participatory game-theatre performance unfolds in a shared space filled with live performance, immersive storytelling, puppetry, real-time game play, projections and interactive game mechanics.

Two roles are available for participation:

• Humans (world-building game players) – players who shape new societies by building, competing and collaborating with neighbours.
• Gods (trollers with world-changing power) – divine participants from the heavens who deliberate and influence the course of human civilisation as party entertainment.

When the World is Your Enemy explores the creation and fragility of myths, systems and authority. As the unique outcome of each collective performance takes shape and the implications of players’ choices are revealed, the question remains: When power is shared, deferred or unseen, who is truly responsible for the world that emerges?

When the World is Your Enemy will be first presented in the The Room, Freespace in March 2026, before moving to the The Box in the autumn to continue its development.

This programme is jointly presented and produced by WestK Performing Arts and The Drifters@Jing Wong Creations, and is part of the WestK Creator series.

Date and Time
7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 March 2026 (Saturday and Sunday), 3pm
12, 13, 19*, 20* March 2026 (Thursday and Friday), 7:30pm
Post-performance talk on 21 March 2026 (Saturday)
*English sessions

Duration: approximately 3 hours

Language: the performances on 19 and 20 March 2026 (Thursday and Friday) are in English. All other sessions are in Cantonese. No subtitles are provided.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

WestK Creators celebrates contemporary Hong Kong artists working across a variety of performing arts disciplines, contexts and forms. Encouraging exchange and collaboration, the series showcases innovative original productions, and nurtures experimentation and new perspectives for the Hong Kong performing arts scene. Curated and produced by WestK Performing Arts, WestK Creators promotes diverse creative voices and aesthetics, supports new work development, and facilitates the creation process from concept to stage, through residencies, research and development opportunities and work-in-progress presentations.