A master storyteller and self-confessed Apple fan hardly makes for a compelling advocate for social change. But American monologist Mike Daisey, whose new monologue focuses on what he calls "the dark side" of Apple's iconic gadgets, hopes he can pressure CEO Steve Jobs to push for better labour conditions at its factories in China, where most Apple gadgets are assembled.

Jobs is not an unreasonable or uncaring man, Daisey said, noting how he has transformed Apple from being one of the "dirtiest" to one of the "greenest" tech companies in the world, and so could be persuaded to push for change at the factories in Shenzhen in southern China.