Loke, a Hong Kong neon light designer, is determined to revitalise forgotten old signboards in the city to conjure up Hong Kong’s collective memory. In search of the meaning of ‘light’, he goes through the labyrinth of light and shadows, using the map left behind by his master. On his way, he meets a narrator […]
A Dream Under the Southern Bough is a dramatic revelation of the illusions of worldly glory created by the Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Kun Opera Theatre. It is a masterfully adapted version of The Dream of Nanke written by Tang Xianzu, executed as a full-scale production in two parts. The story tells of a scholar […]
The story takes place during the turmoil of the Wei-Jin era. Ji Kang is a fiercely moral scholar who expresses his integrity through his qin. In a dream, he receives the transcendent melody Ancient Tune of Guangling, through which he also foresees doom. He chooses a plebeian life over the offer of high positions. When […]