Cantonese Opera Summer Camp － Finale Performance and Backstage
Theatre/Xiqu
Description
Description
Finale Performance by Cantonese Opera Summer Camp participants
BACKSTAGE
This is a story that takes place in the backstage of a Cantonese opera troupe. The performance is about to start, and artists are getting ready for the show. A young foreign-born Chinese reporter who does not speak Cantonese is visiting the troupe in the backstage. She sees the Monkey King rehearsing a combat scene with the leading actor who is dressed in dazzling military costumes. The leading lady shows her stylized movement in her 3 inches shoes. The bearded man who shows his technique with his long beard……The reporter is curious and puzzled by all these. The producer answers her queries. At the same time, an aged artist steps into the backstage and is mistaken as a substitute musician. He rehearses with other musicians. As the Cantonese opera starts, everybody leaves the backstage for the show. The aged artist remains in the backstage alone and reminisces his past as he sings a nanyin (a particular soft style in Cantonese music). When all artists come back to the backstage, they then realise this old gentleman is a renowned opera star……
Audience will be able to appreciate and learn more about the colourful and vibrant elements of Cantonese opera through the programme, which is presented with an easily comprehensible and casual approach.
Cast：Franco Yuen Siu-fai; Barbara Tang; Tsang Mo Suet ; Pui Jun-hin; Cheung Kit Ha; Zhan Haofeng; Tong Yuen-ying; Lai Yiu-wai; Siu Wing Yee; Sung Ngok; and others
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Theatre Yearbook 2016 – Dance, Drama and Xiqu" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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$100
$140
Indoor
Local