Tag: performing arts

Escape / The Virtuous Burglar

Escape
A group of escaped democratic idealists are hunted by the authorities. They have no choice but to kidnap an innocent mother and her son. Even though they’re not each other’s enemies, can this hostile situation be resolved through rational dialogue?

Playwright: Shiu Sun Chuen
Director: So Kai Chuen

The Virtuous Burglar
The owner of a flat returns unexpectedly with his mistress, and discovers a burglar. When the owner’s wife arrives, the burglar is forced to pretend the mistress is his wife. A profusion of spouses and lovers appear and the burglar — apparently the only one not having an affair — is forced into pretending to have multiple wives. Then his own wife arrives!

Playwright: Dario Fo
Director: Chan Yik Lun (with kind permission of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)

Escape / The Virtuous Burglar
Drama Infinity
Date: 15-16 May, 2015
Venue: Fringe Club, Fringe Underground
Tickets: $120
More info: Drama (in Cantonese)
5 May 2015 (Fri) at 8pm
16 May 2015 (Sat) at 3pm & 8pm

Cavalia

Cavalia

The Big White Tent on the Central Harbourfront is hard to miss, it’s home to Cavalia a touring ‘homage to the century-old bond between human and horse’ as Cavalia founder Normand Latourelle describes the show.

At it’s most basic Cavalia is acrobats and horses – a Cirque du Soleil with four legged extras if you will. There’s some good trick riding, but as with the acrobatics nothing ground breaking, it’s all stuff that’s highly visual and can be repeated night after night.

Where Cavalia shines is it’s equine stars. We just don’t see horses in Hong Kong, and certainly not up-close and personal. Watching them on TV, even in HD, the raw beauty and power can be seen but not experienced or felt. In ‘casting’ a range of different breeds, we the audience can compare and enjoy the attributes and personalities of the horse, their personalities and traits. From the stately to the wild majestic Arabians and all points in-between.

As Latourelle explained afterwards “The Arabians are a herd, they’re not ridden, I want to keep them a bit wild.”

CavaliaThe hour long media preview was a selection of ‘scenes’ from the full show. There’s nothing new or unique about the individual pieces of the show (television has made the difficult seem common place) combined it was fun and enjoyable. The horses are the stars, the Arabians the headliners. A reminder of natures beauty and worth the price of admission alone.

Cavalia
When: 31 March – 10 May, 2015
Where: Central Harbourfront
How much: $1,995, $1,495, $1,195, $895, $695, $545, $395