Produced by
Case 1
Produced by
Case 1
A mini auto-ethnotheatre of a Hongkonger
Living in Hong Kong,
we are quarantined but never stop being creative during this period:
although our emotions fluctuate as the pandemic;
although we keep up with social distancing;
although we learn not to shake hands and hug the others;
we still create.
This is a mini auto-ethnotheatre created through Zoom during this “who knows what’s gonna happen tomorrow?” period. It is about Zoom, and our imaginations and stories about life in Hong Kong would be shared. Audiences would be invited for interaction with the performers to craft the stories about endless life adaptations and struggles. See You Zoom earlier this year gained an enthusiastic feedback from audiences with all “full house” performances. The team is coming back with more shows and an empowered creative team to respond the desire from audiences.
Though we are yet to know how 2020 will end like, let’s See You Zoom Again in this crispy and clear autumn!
Creative Team
Devising director: Wong Yuen Ping Estella^
Devising actors: Chan Hiu Yan^, Chen Lihua, Fung Sai Kuen, Wong Yat Hei Willis
Production members: Choi Leng Chi, Hung Ka Chak^, Kwok Cheuk Ling Jacqueline, Lam Kin Kong, Wong Ka Yi
Scenographer: Tsang Man Tung
Composer: Frankie Ho
Illustrator: Karmen Loh
^ By kind permission of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Date│Time
29.9 – 4.10.2020│8pm
1 – 4.10.2020│3pm
Approximately 1hr 30mins
Language
Performed in Cantonese with some Putonghua
Online Platform
Zoom
Quota per performance
30 (first-come-first-served)
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Remarks
Artistic expression is a common language for all mankind regardless of talents and skills. In the See You Zoom Again Post-Performance Arts Workshop, the creative team will guide participants to convert their thoughts and feelings about the show into a personal piece of artwork, creating their own unique imprint of this roller-coaster period in their life.
Date│Time
30.9, 2 & 4.10.2020│10pm – 11pm
2 & 4.10.2020│5pm – 6pm
Language
Cantonese
Online Platform
Zoom
Quota per workshop
12 (first-come-first-served)
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Remarks
Case 1
A group of time travellers live in Hong Kong wandering, seeing, eating, drinking and creating. The production spans over a year as ‘The trilogy of a Hong Kong mini-ethnotheatre’ that includes the prequel See You Zoom online theatre (premiered in April-May, 2020 and followed by an immediate re-run in the subsequent week), the interquel See You Zoom Again (Sept-Oct, 2020) and the sequel (April-May, 2021) recording the people and stories of Hong Kong through theatre.
Estella Wong
Devising director
Theatre director and actress.
Graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Birmingham City University, Estella Wong joint Prospects Theatre Company and Chung Ying Theatre Company before joining the Academy as a full-time faculty member in 2008. Her earlier works include 4.48 Psychosis (Sarah Kane) by On and On theatre, original musical production The Chiu Chow Groom, Broadway musical Once on this Island by Hong Kong 3 Arts Musical Institute, and Homo Superus by 2 On Stage. Recent works include See you Zoom Episode I & II. Estella is also an advocate of applied theatre, she has designed the first certificate course (jointly with Chung Ying Theatre Company) “Drama education techniques for drama tutors” for the Academy’s drama students in 02; the first local Master of Fine Arts programme in Drama and Theatre Education in 08; and the first Bachelor of Fine Arts programme in Applied Theatre in 20. Her publications include Applying Theatre (co-author), Dramawise: An Introduction of Gcse of Drama by Brad Haseman & John O’Toole (Chinese translation), Gavin Bolton: Essential Writings by David Davis (Chinese translation) and Risks and Opportunities: the Tension in Hong Kong Drama Education Development (editor).