"I'm quite an energetic person anyway, but I think Hong Kong energy makes me have more energy," says Lindsey McAlister, fittingly talking over the noise of a packed cafe, on a recent midweek afternoon in Taikoo Place. The upmarket office complex is also home to ArtisTree, the venue of the writer-director's current production, the musical comedy Mou Man Tai (Cantonese for "No worries").

Opening tonight, it's McAlister's second commission for Swire Properties under the developer's Project After 6 (PA6) initiative. Launched in 2014, PA6 aims to give tenants of the office complex the chance to uncover their "unexplored talents".