Afternoon Play - Beijing's Slowest Elevator

Penny Leicester's adaptation of a specially commissioned short story by Xiaolu Guo. Zhang Yan has turned her back on her rural upbringing and is determined to make it in Beijing. By night, she works in an upmarket karaoke bar, entertaining and sleeping with its successful businessmen clients. When she meets an attractive young man, she hopes for escape. Zhang Yan (Ai Lian) ...... Liz Sutherland Li Xin ...... David Lee Ma Yue San ...... Chike Chan Father/Taxi Driver/Entrepeneur/Client 1 ...... Richard Woo Mother/Karaoke Girl 2 ...... Su-Lin Looi Directed by Emma Harding.