Is that what I (ultimately) want to say, or what you (initially) want to hear

Think. Ponder. Speak.
In the end, why, and what, is original
Action and reaction, a repeat of what has gone before
Discover, re-explore, and begin to put in writing
Construct, reconstruct, deconstruct
Actually, although, however, or even perhaps a pause
Can (not) say. Should (not) say. Said.

Following Pretext (Duo) and Pretext Tri(o)work, choreographer Ivanhoe Lam embarks on another elemental quest. Realising “the moment when utterance and thoughts intersect” in sensations, and brought into being by singer Priscilla Leung, actress Shirley Tsoi, dancers Han Mei and Lim Wei-wei, the show and its four individual performers ceaselessly move between saying and not saying, starting a conversation with oneself, and wrestling with the essence of being a “quartet”.

We want the truth; but can you handle the truth

A man is haunted by an unresolved locked-room murder case in which his wife was killed years ago. To find out the truth has become his sole purpose for living. He has invited many people to help him solve the mystery, with evidence reexamined and scenarios repeatedly reconstructed in the hope of finding the missing link. All have been in vain. He understands that nothing will satisfy him but the truth, and a confession from the murderer at large.

The truth awaits. Will you help him solve the case

This is an immersive theatre experience and your participation might alter the final outcome.

“I will tell you that the show will end, and you will applaud.” Is pre-knowledge about the future really impossible

From one second to the next, life is predictable yet unpredictable. Is the future full of surprises, anxieties and aspirations Or merely a series of events that can actually be foreseen

Based on Pearson’s original programme concept, local actors Amy Tam and Alan Wong share her/his unique script about life.

Be amazed as warrior Guan Yu zooms through time and space to 21st-century Shanghai!

Commissioned by the Rising Artists’ Works of the 17th China Shanghai International Arts Festival, this intriguing music film revisits the story of hero Guan Yu and femme fatale Diao Chan, bringing the ancient folk tale well and truly into the present. Scintillating live music by pioneering band Xi Ban, blending Chinese opera and electronic music with an absurdist narrative set in a modern metropolis, the production explores how traditional Chinese art can respond to today’s world.

A country on the brink of civil war. Two generations, two cities, two opposite journeys. While the entire population is fleeing towards the South, the outsider struggles to get to the North in order to fulfil his mission. Time levels intermingle. With nowhere to run or hide, where is history headed Defying the linear narrative, witness barbarism unfolds in asynchrony.

“A hopeful presentiment keeps the alliance with everything dawning in the world” ── Ernst Bloch, The Utopian Function of Art and Literature

Susie Au, Vicky Fung, Chow Yiu Fai
Friends in the world of popular music. Trying in their own ways to stay youthful, vocal.
In a city being compelled to age, being silenced.
Now they collaborate.
Calling upon alternative bodies, voices, imaginations, and you,
To invoke a fantastical frisson of creativity,
An experiment of un-aging, de-silencing – and re-gaining hope.
Who says we can’t have utopia

Eman Lam, Yoyo Sham, Cissy Ma, Lai Yuk-ching, Chan Nga-shan, Cliff Huen, Billy Yip, and other voices: Yes, we can!

A visual Music Encounter
Music flows along with time. Images freeze moments from the continuum.

A variety of people roam together among different structures, in the process experiencing opposition and exchange. Through art empowered by the fundamental elements of “one” and “zero”, a multi-sensory meditation on the infinite is born.

A moonlit sea stirred by the wind. Pine needles crisscross and intertwine. The lingering spirits of sisters Matsukaze and Murasame remain entangled in the human realm, where they relate their poignant love story to a Buddhist monk… World-renowned for cross-disciplinary collaborations, German choreographer Sasha Waltz fuses minimalist eastern theatre with textured western opera in a fluid choreographic reinterpretation of Japanese Noh classic Matsukaze. The ethereal outcome is a radically new and creative experience, praised as an “unforgettable total work of art”.

Contemporary classical composer Toshio Hosokawa, acclaimed for his original envisioning of Japanese music, here distills the musical essence of Noh theatre in this modern dance-imbued rendition. In doing so, he unleashes both the painfulness and purity of Nature through a crystallised blend of the traditional and avant-garde that encompasses vocal, orchestral and even silent elucidation. As the enigmatic tale unfolds, singers also become dancers entwined in an eerily apocalyptic landscape. At times, a diaphanous web enmeshes the performers beyond time and space while reality is bounded by a wooden frame. In such ways, the vivid stagecraft serves as if a Noh bridge, crossing from now to the after life and taking souls back to the mortal world for ultimate liberation.