An original interview conducted by Yewen Hua (Skylar), London Farooq Chaudhry has spent the last quarter-century building bridges between British and Asian artistic worlds — first as co-founder of the Akram Khan Company, and since 2021 as Artistic Director of Fengling Productions. In November 2025, researcher and theatre-maker Yewen Hua sat down with him in London for an extended conversation, part of her MA research at the University of the Arts London. What follows are exce

There is a moment in Ten Thousand Tons of Moonlight when the stage floods with light, cascading from ceiling to floor like water finding its level. It is the culmination of an hour spent asking three quiet, insistent questions: what is love? What is beauty? And what do we do with the parts of ourselves we keep in shadow? Produced by Feng Ling Company and directed by Farooq Chaudhry, Ten Thousand Tons of Moonlight had its world premiere in Shanghai from 15 to 17 November 2024.