Cheng Lei's stage show recreates 1154 days in Chinese detention

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Recorded17 Apr 2026

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Cheng Lei was a TV presenter in Beijing with an audience of millions when Chinese state security blindfolded her and drove her to a secret location where she was detained for 1154 days.After a year in solitary confinement, she was charged with espionage.Her crime: sending an 8 word text message that broke a media embargo.Now free, Cheng Lei is creating a theatre production that takes audiences into that claustrophobic world, and shines a light on the power of the human spirit to outshine even the most oppressive systems.1154 Days will premiere at Arts House Melbourne on 28 May.

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