Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, André is a self-assured man who dominates any room he enters and steers every conversation. But lately, things are not adding up for the octogenarian. His watch is never where he thinks it is. The furniture goes missing. His daughter's stories stop making sense. And strangers join him for dinner. Slowly, surely, the world around him starts to go askew.

Le Père (The Father) is the award-winning Mandarin adaptation of the hit play by French playwright Florian Zeller that stars Taiwanese theatre master King Shih-chieh—who left audiences profoundly moved in Tuesdays with Morrie in 2024—and China national first-class actress Tian Shui. Presented by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts centre, the production has toured across China since 2024 to critical acclaim and commercial success.

Between hallucination and reality lies a journey toward love, loss and forgiveness. Through overlapping perspectives and spellbinding stagecraft that evokes a mind in flux, Le Père (The Father) leads audiences into the labyrinth of an ailing father’s memory, laying bare the heartache experienced by any child losing their parent to Alzheimer's.

Written by Florian Zeller, one of France’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights, the original production received the 2014 Molière Award for Best Play and moved audiences in more than 45 countries. Its film adaptation, The Father, won Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins, along with over thirty international honours.