The Box, Freespace, West Kowloon | A Multi-Sensory Experience Merging Arts and Technology：A Journey of Visuals, Audio and Spirituality — The Story of K City

Description

My name is Forget-Me-Not. I forgot.

Marchember is an extra month in the year. I forgot.

During Marchember, I arrive by train at a tropical paradise where rare fish swim, mushrooms inhale and exhale, and houses are built like pyramids… Welcome to K City, where you can find hope, indifference or serenity among busy streets. We hope you won’t forget.

Following the success of Buried Child in 2017, the HKRep invites Travis Preston, former Dean of the CalArts School of Theater and Founding Artistic Director for the CalArts Center for New Performance, to return to direct this devised theatre adaptation of Artistic Director Poon Wai Sum’s fantasy novel about K City, deconstructing the textual mysteries in search of hidden spiritual realms with arts tech elements. Together they create a new stage aesthetic in an all-round sensory experience.

This programme is funded under the Arts Technology Funding Pilot Scheme by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Artistic Team

Original & Concept: Poon Wai Sum

Director: Travis Preston (US)

Cast: Mercy Wong, Karrie Tan, Cheung Ka Ying, Ng Ka Leung, Yu Hon Ting, Wong Hiu Yee, Luk Ka Ki, Eva Mak, Dee To, Angus Chan, Kalok Chan, Chan Kiu, Poon Tai Ming, Eddy Au Yeung, Trickle Choi

Scenographer: Christopher Barreca (US)

Media Designers: Lo Wing, Chan Ka Ho

Choreographer: Xie Yin

Composer: Lam Kwan Fai*

Costume Designer: Ainsley So

Lighting Designer: Octavian Chan

Sound Designer: Jaycee Kwok

Assistant Director: Yau Ting Fai

*With the kind permission of Hong Kong Baptist University