A day-to-day chorus of people in the kingdom of diseases
The collage of images in the era of post-cocktail therapy
The most talked-about work by CHIEN Li-ying and Tora HSU returns to National Theater!

The story begins with the launch of a documentary film about Ma Mi. Based on Ma Mi’s diary, the filmmaker tries to explore the reasons behind the closure of “Ma Mi’s Home,” a shelter which has taken in so many AIDS patients and volunteer workers, by interviewing his relatives and friends. The Ma Mi’s diary and the interviewees’ narratives sometimes overlap with yet sometimes diverge from each other. Which one is true? Is Ma Mi’s diary the answer to the question or simply possible memoirs? When the disease ceases to be a death threat and patients are no longer a tragic metaphor in literature but return to “the beings,” how they will be presented?

The Possible Memoirs of a Traitor made its premiere at the Experimental Theater in the 2017 TIFA and all tickets were sold out on the first day in the advance sale. Additional five performances at the Wellspring Theater were also completely sold out. With loads of positive responses, the play became sensational and one of the signature productions that year. Playwright CHIEN Li-ying and director Tora HSU join hands again in the revolution of the play and take it from the Experimental Theater to the National Theater to represent various faces of the people in the kingdom of diseases.