About the event
The Old Man and His Sea｜New Vision Arts Festival 2023 | Show Introduction
- Yuen Siu-fai | Tang Shu-wing
Crowning seven decades in Cantonese opera, Yuen Siu-fai adapts Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece as a “play within a play”
A young woman discovers that her grandfather had read The Old Man and the Sea when he was young and was inspired to adapt it as Cantonese opera but never completed it. In her reverie, she fulfills his lifelong dream.
Theatre master Tang Shu-wing and Cantonese opera master Yuen Siu-fai are longtime friends. For this production, Tang helps Yuen realise his decade-long wish to adapt Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway’s novel. Apart from playing the title role, Yuen has penned a new libretto attesting to the abstract minimalist aesthetics of the Chinese opera tradition while emphasising the essence of Chinese classical arts.
Tang fuses contemporary theatre with Chinese opera, identifying the roots of theatre both East and West, juxtaposing Chinese opera movements and Western physicality, enabling the story to traverse time and space. No matter where different artistic genres originate, they inevitably meet along the same path.
Show Details
- The Old Man and His Sea｜New Vision Arts Festival 2023
- Date & Time: 10-11 Nov 2023, 20:00 | 12 Nov 2023, 15:00
- Venue: Auditorium, Kwai Tsing Theatre
- Address: 12 Hing Ning Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Ticket Details
- Ticketing website: Urbtix
- Price: HKD 460 / 380 / 280 / 200
Remarks
- Approx 1 hr 30 mins with no interval
- Please arrive on time. Latecomers will only be admitted at a suitable break
- Performed in Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles
- Meet-the-artist session after each performance
Credits
Artistic Director / Director / Dramaturg / Translation / Co-scriptwriter | Tang Shu-wing
Cantonese Opera Artistic Director / Cantonese Opera Librettist | Yuen Siu-fai
Scriptwriter | Matthew Cheng
Stage Design | Vanessa Suen
Lighting Design | Yeung Tsz-yan
Video Design | Henky Chan
Costume Design | Jade Leung
Composer | Lam Kwan-fai
Cantonese Opera Music Design (Percussion) | Ko Yun-kuen
Cantonese Opera Music Design (Western Instruments) | Ko Yun-hung
Sound Design | Anthony Yeung
Producer | Fiona Siu
Producer (Cantonese Opera) | Spring Glory Cantonese Opera Workshop
Performers | Yuen Siu-fai, Cassandra Tang
The source of the above information: New Vision Arts Festival official website