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The Isle

13 May 2023 - 28 May 2023

$200 – $360

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After they meet on an island, love lingers on as a man and a woman savour the meaning of their emotional lives. The inaugural production of the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre’s 2023–24 season offers a revised version of Artistic Director Poon Wai Sum’s classic work The Isle, jointly directed by the HKRep’s three Assistant Artistic Directors Fung Chun Kit, Lau Shau Ching and Yau Ting Fai.

Many theatre companies have produced The Isle since the 1990s, and the play has graced the stages in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou and Canada, its rich imagery and poetic dialogue engendering a wide range of readings. For this presentation, the HKRep produces four different versions featuring three pairs of company members: Eva Mak and Eddy Au Yeung (Cast ※), Kiki Cheung and Angus Chan (Cast ○) and Wong Hiu Yee and Trickle Choi (Cast ◇), as well as a “sextet” version in which all six share the stage.

The Isle is about a man and a woman meet on an island. To him, the place is only transitory, but she considers it a permanent home. He wants to forget time, but she wants to safeguard memories. He wants to leave, but she wants to stay. Their casual dialogue searches for confluence amidst life’s insignificant matters. Two strangers develop a friendship, but later become estranged. Is it love, or is it tenacity?

2:45pm / 3:30pm / 7:45pm

Details

Start:
13 May 2023
End:
28 May 2023
Admission:
$200 – $360
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