Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

Das Kapital

Theatre

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Art Genres / Sub-categories

Drama

Location

Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Grand Theatre

Start Date

2012/11/09

End Date

2012/11/10

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Drama

Location

Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Grand Theatre

Start Date

2012/11/09

End Date

2012/11/10

Das Kapital

Description

Description

Inspired by Karl Marx’s Magnum Opus Capital (Das Kapital)
Based on real-life incidents in the Wall Street financial crisis

Das Kapital is the magnum opus of Karl Marx. This masterpiece from more than a hundred years ago is the first ever publication to spell out the development process of the capitalist system and its consequences with mathematical accuracy. The theatre work of Das Kapital was first premiered in Shanghai in 2010, and was restaged there for three times. In the play, the protagonist starts outs a discourse on a new treatise on capital, money and material with a vanity dream, “The Theatre Empire”.

Is Capital an angel? Is Capital a devil?
Capital can be a stairway to heaven,
And it can also be a highway to hell.
Everyone has his own concept of what Capital should be.
What is it like, your idea of Capital?

“The world nowadays is filled with temptations of Capital, and it is so easy for a person to fall victim and join in the chain gang.” Can one become the master of money when he is in possession of great wealth? Or, on the contrary, will he be enslaved by Capital, and lose his sense of happiness?

Organiser / Presenter Zuni Icosahedron
Performing / Production Unit Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre
Language : Cantonese
Scriptwriter:Nick Yu Rongjun
Director:He Nian
Performers:Liu Suanrui; Gong Xiao; Jia Qiu; Qi Baixue; Yan Feng; Ma Liang; Huang Chen; Sun Ningfang; Zhang Ying; Guo Hongbo; Ma Qingli; Han Shuang; Liu Xubin; Yuan Ye; Si Wen

Note:This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Drama Yearbook 2012" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).

Info

Lowest Price

$180

Highest Price

$350

Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

Local / Non-local Production

Local

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